Department of Labor said. Job openings were at a seasonally adjusted 4.835 million compared with a downwardly revised 4.605 million in July, the Labor Department said in its monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on Tuesday. Federal Reserve policymakers have said they are monitoring the JOLTS report as they consider their next step on monetary policy. A separate Labor Department report released on Friday showed the labor market picking up as U.S.