Ivy Tech Community College announced a new apprenticeship program Wednesday that will place students in emerging career fields around internet-connected factory robots.

The U.S. Department of Labor says Penske Logistics LLC has agreed to pay $350,000 in back wages to 185 women and offer jobs to 99 women to settle the allegations at its warehouse in Shelbyville. The company denies the discrimination allegations.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency in 2017.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta visited Indiana with U.S. Sen. Todd Young Friday to explore what Hoosier businesses are doing to address the state's skills gap.

A farm labor recruiter didn't pay at least three-quarters of the promised wages to workers from Mexico, as required by federal law.

The measure would more than double the salary threshold under which employers must pay overtime to their workers.

Under the final version of the rules, salaried employees making less than $47,476 a year will earn time and a half for working overtime.