An initiative that placed 1,000 St. Louis County residents between the ages of 16-24 in seasonal jobs and internships has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor as one of the top ten summer programs in the nation.

The Next Generation Jobs…

Missouri Labor Department spokeswoman Amy Susan said Wednesday that the federal government’s decision to withhold $133 million in stimulus funds from unemployed Missourians will not interfere with the additional 20 weeks of jobless benefits granted earlier this year by the General Assembly.

In other…

The United States Department of Labor announced Monday an agreement that calls on  QuikTrip to pay back wages to 3,819 current and former employees of the convenience stores the Tulsa-based corporation operates in Illinois, Missouri and seven other states.

The settlement, totalling $747,729, will compensate…

On the heels of continuing bad news on the state (the release Tuesday of statewide jobless figures that show Missouri’s unemployment rate now stands at 9.3 percent) and national (a 9.5 percent jobless rate thought to be hurdling toward double figures) levels…

The U.S. Department of Labor announced this week that it has awarded separate $300,000 grants to the St. Patrick Center and the City of St. Louis to provide job training and employment opportunities to homeless veterans.

Gregory Vogelweid of St. Patrick said the agency’s grant…

In what could be charitably viewed as a low-pressure assignment, the folks at CareerCast.com — a job search site that specializes in publicizing random and mostly pointless lists — have ranked the most demanding jobs in the country.

Using data from the…

Reporting a JobWatch column last week on a workshop that helps ex-offenders find jobs in a difficult market, I came across a program — offered by both Illinois and Missouri — designed to put potential employers of parolees at ease.

A so-called…