Family and advocates of people incarcerated in Alabama prisons said they want to keep a public spotlight on problems in state ...

MONTGOMERY — In-person help for Alabama residents needing assistance with unemployment claims is coming to an end as a new phone appointment system will be established for the new year. The Alabama ...

To gather the fullest employment picture in Alabama – and across the nation for that matter – we must shift our focus to labor force participation. Alabama’s current unemployment rate is at an ...

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced that Alabama workers who are not able to work due to COVID-19 will be eligible to file for unemployment benefits.

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that the agency has launched a new online tool to enable claimants to see the status of their claim, tell them ...

Current and former prisoners are suing Alabama, fast food franchisees and other beneficiaries of the state's prison labor system they say is a “modern-day form of slavery” where incarcerated people ...

Six people incarcerated in Alabama prisons are suing Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Corrections commissioner for forcing them to labor against their will. Plaintiffs Trayveka Stanley, ...

A group of current and former Alabama prisoners are alleging that the state's prison labor practices amount to a "modern-day form of slavery," according to a complaint filed in federal court this week ...

The Alabama Department of Labor is moving to an appointment-only system to handle in-person unemployment benefits issues and concerns following weeks of long lines at a temporary Montgomery center.