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The jobs numbers beat analyst expectations, but the unemployment rate rose two-tenths of a point to 3.6%.

The latest jobs report shattered expectations as the unemployment rate dipped one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.4%, the lowest rate since 1969.

The economy gained 315,000 jobs last month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, although the unemployment rate inched up two-tenths of a point to 3.7%.

The economy added 390,000 jobs in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, including 16,000 jobs in accounting and bookkeeping services.

The unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a point to 3.6%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, and two previous months' job gains were revised upward.

The unemployment rate fell from 4.2% to 3.9% in December as employers added 199,000 jobs, including 3,400 in accounting and bookkeeping services, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

The unemployment rate declined by four-tenths of a point to 4.2%, but the job gains fell well short of expectations.

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule that aims to set reasonable limits on the amount of time that tipped employees can spend in non-tipped activities when the employer receives a tip credit.

Employment increased by 943,000 last month, beating expectations, including 8,400 jobs in accounting and bookkeeping, while the unemployment rate fell from 5.9 to 5.4%.

The new rule for defining an employee vs. an independent contractor is likely to be challenged in the incoming Biden administration.

Growth in small business jobs and wages declined last month as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to payroll giant Paychex.

The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is continuing.

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule to clarify the standard for determining whether a worker should be considered an employee or an independent contractor.

The slowest month of job growth since the spring occurred amid the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Unemployment declined 1 percentage point to 6.9 percent as the economy continues a slow recovery despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting and Thomson Reuters Checkpoint have released their predictions for the expected annual inflation adjustments from the Internal Revenue Service for various tax-related items.

The unemployment rate edged up to 4.0 percent because of the partial government shutdown.

Keeping employees from being mislabeled as independent contractors hasn't been a big priority, according to a report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

KPMG entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination against 60 Asian candidates applying for associate auditor jobs in the firm’s Short Hills, N.J., office.