Alabama Tom Surtees

Governor Robert Bentley has appointed Fitzgerald Washington to be the next Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Labor.Washington has spent the last…

Alabama Labor Commissioner Tom Surtees is stepping down after a decade of leading major state agencies for two governors.It's rare for someone to serve in…

Alabama's unemployment rate has risen for the third month.State Commerce Secretary Tom Surtees says April's rate of 6.9 percent is up from 6.7 percent in…

Alabama's unemployment rate is rising.The state Department of Labor says Alabama's March unemployment rate is 6.7 percent, which is three-tenths of a…

Alabama's latest unemployment rate is unchanged at 6.1 percent.The Department of Labor says the preliminary jobless rate for January was the same as the…

Alabama's unemployment rate rose to 7.2 percent in February. The rate announced by the state Department of Labor is up from 6.9 percent in January and is…

The Alabama Department of Industrial Relations and the Alabama Department of Labor will merge Oct. 1, with the new department known as the Department of…