The Georgia Department of Labor recently reported the state’s unemployment rate hit 3.5% in May, its lowest point in a year. But something else dropped, too: the size of the labor force. Georgia’s ...

Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer stands behind President Donald Trump after he signs executive orders in the Oval Office on April 23, 2025. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Secretary of ...

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 ...

ATLANTA, GA — Governor Kemp appoints Barbara Rivera Holmes to be the 11th Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Labor on Tuesday afternoon. “Marty and I are proud to make this historic ...

ATLANTA — Georgia’s latest jobs report showed the rate held steady at 3.6% unemployment. According to the Georgia Department of Labor, the state added 6,900 jobs in March while the rate “held steady.” ...

ATLANTA — Now that the longest federal government shutdown in United States history has ended, employees of the U.S. government are able to go back to work. While federal workers impacted by the ...

MACON, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Labor announced that the state has set a record: 5 million jobs within the state, according to the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL). GDOL said that the state ...

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp announced a new state labor commissioner on Tuesday, almost four months after the passing of previous labor commissioner Bruce Thompson. Bárbara Rivera Holmes, formerly the ...

Georgia reached a record-breaking 5 million jobs in June. The state's unemployment rate remained at 3.5%, lower than the national average. Job growth occurred in ...

ATLANTA — Nearly 7,000 new jobs were added in March, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. The labor commissioner says with 6,900 new jobs added to the state, there are plenty of opportunities ...

The Georgia Department of Labor recently reported the state's unemployment rate hit 3.5% in May, its lowest point in a year. But something else dropped, too: the size of the labor force. Georgia's ...