employment

In September, Indiana's private employment peaked with over 2.8 million jobs reported.

The U.S. Department of Labor awarded more than $200 million in training and career services grants to 20 organizations across the country – including one in Indiana.

More than 40,000 Hoosiers have lost jobs in the last seven months, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

An Indianapolis-based veterans assistance organization recently expanded its employment services to west central Indiana.

The percentage of working-age people in Indiana who have jobs, or are actively looking for work, is at 62.5 percent — the lowest it's been since November 2021.

That’s as the state’s unemployment rate has been unchanged for seven months in a row.

House Bill 1093 would allow certain 14- to 16-year-olds and 16- to 18-year-olds to work longer hours, and for minors who are 16 or 17 to perform farm labor.

Job scammers are more likely to lure potential employees away from company sites, and attempt to chat on websites such as Facebook or Google Meet.

Despite the unemployment increase, the number of people actively working remained high last month and also increased by 1.7 percent, a statistically significant growth, compared to August 2022.

More than 30 percent of the state’s working-age population still isn’t working or looking for work, according to new preliminary estimates.