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

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Georgia Labor Department is embarking on a $46 million modernization effort to overhaul its unemployment insurance system, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — Georgia’s unemployment rate remained steady at 3.4% in September 2025, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. GDOL said the rate is one percentage point lower than the national ...

The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced today that Georgia's unemployment rate for December 2025 was 3.6%, up slightly from a revised 3.5% in November. December’s unemployment rate was 0.8 ...