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Which of these U.S. government departments was created first? Is it the Department of Education, Labor, Energy or Transportation?
The Department of Labor was established in 1913 and it releases the government's monthly jobs report.
REPORTER: It was not the flood of rehiring economists had predicted, more like a trickle. April's jobs reports show the job market struggling to rebound. Economists had expected American would add 1 million jobs. The economy still down 8.2 million positions in the pandemic.
Now most of the hiring happened in leisure and hospitality as states has allowed greater numbers in bars and restaurants and as vaccinations have allowed for more travel. The leisure sector though is still down 2.8 million jobs since February 2020. The unemployment rate rose slightly to 6.1 percent.
The job market is still in a deep hole and the damage has been uneven. Lower income earners, women, Hispanic and black workers bore the brunt of the layoffs and millions are still out of work.
And some employers report trouble finding workers. There are one-half million factory job openings right now and elsewhere some workers may be reluctant to venture back into the labor market for three reasons.
Fear of contracting the virus, a lack of childcare with children out of school and the cushion from $300 a week extra in jobless benefits. The potential good news for workers, employers may have to pay more to attract talent. Average hourly earnings jumped 21 cents in April.
So as the economy heals, Montana and South Carolina are opting out of that $300 a week in extra jobless benefits. They site labor shortages and they call it a disincentive to return to work.
