Labor & Workforce

After an expansion period, Louisville Public Media is cutting costs by 17% in personnel and programming.

After a judge ordered the Trump administration to rehire thousands of probationary workers who were fired in a dramatic downsizing of the U.S. government, many have been asked to return to work only to be put on administrative leave, or offered early retirement. Some won’t go back, fearing it would happen again.

Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a measure that would eliminate state-level worker protections and leave in place only federal minimums.

Two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary employees it illegally fired. Agencies report they are doing so but placing most of them on paid leave.

The proposed legislation would allow the Indiana Department of Workforce Development to create a skills training pilot program, available for eligible Hoosiers on the state’s unemployment insurance program.

A last-minute addition to a previously uncontroversial bill would largely eliminate the ability for many state employees to work remotely.

A Trump executive order temporarily pauses leases and permits for offshore and onshore wind projects. Wind advocates say an offshore wind freeze could threaten states' climate goals and jobs.

Louisville-based spirits purveyor Brown-Forman says it’s closing its Louisville cooperage amid a 12% reduction in its workforce.

A supermajority of workers at an electric vehicle battery campus in Hardin County has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board, asking for a union election. Employees of BlueOval SK have formally requested to vote on joining the United Auto Workers.

Many Kentuckians with criminal records are eligible to clear them but haven’t. Local advocates and organizations want state lawmakers to make the process easier.