As the government shutdown continues, the Georgia Labor Department is preparing to assist federal employees facing furloughs or layoffs. With more than 100,000 federal employees in Georgia, many could ...

Georgia Labor Commissioner Bárbara Rivera Holmes visited the Carroll County 12 for Life campus on Thursday to explore the ...

ATLANTA — Federal unemployment benefits ended in Georgia after state leaders decided to pull out of those programs. And now, those who want to receive state assistance will need to submit proof that ...

Georgia's November 2025 unemployment rate held steady at 3.5%, significantly lower than the 4.6% national rate. October data was skipped due to a federal government shutdown. Health care and ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed Bárbara Rivera Holmes as Georgia’s new labor commissioner. The announcement comes after Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson, who ...

Unemployment in the Warner Robins and Macon metro areas didn’t budge in August, but fewer people were out hunting for jobs, according to new data from the Georgia Department of Labor. Here's what the ...

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that unemployment dropped across Georgia’s 12 regional commissions in December. “In December, more Georgians were working and unemployment dropped ...

Republican Barbara Rivera Holmes has only held her position as the head of the Georgia Department of Labor since April, and now she’ll have to defend her tenure leading an agency fraught with ...