Speaker forms committee to assess state’s labor participation

Jobs, employment, workforce participation are top of mind for leaders in Alabama and across the country.  With the state’s unemployment rate at an all-time low of 2.2%, that statistic places Alabama among the 10 states with the lowest unemployment rates.  Gov. Kay Ivey recently encouraged leaders to note not just unemployment rates, but the importance of the labor force participation rate. Despite the low unemployment rate, the labor force participation in Alabama is lower than in most other states. RELATED: Ledbetter: Alabama’s historic economic growth and underlying labor shortage Speaker of