Dockworkers striking at ports in New Jersey and New York have one key tool in their arsenal: The Garden and Empire states are ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in New York dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs ...

Local unemployment rates remained close to the previous month in August, state Department of Labor officials reported Tuesday ...

The unemployment rate in the Utica/Rome area rose from 3.8% in August 2023 to 4.1% in August 2024, according to figures released this week by the New York State Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ...

The robust jobs numbers align with other strong economic data to paint a portrait of a solid economy. Consumer spending has ...

The real estate market in New Jersey is sending mixed signals, according to the New Jersey Real Estate Network. On one hand, ...

An Amsterdam woman and man from Las Vegas are accused of defrauding the New York State Department of Labor out of $250,000 in COVID benefits. Jodi Drygula, 52, of Amsterdam, has been indicted on mail ...

Reuters survey shows economy is primary concern for voters, who view ex-president as slightly better on issue than VP; polls ...

The Buffalo Niagara region’s labor force is shrinking, and that’s helping to keep the unemployment rate rate ... jobless claims across Western New York fell to 780 last week – its lowest ...

While some agencies report improvements after backfilling positions, others are still struggling with reduced staffing and ...

The public learned of the more than $181,000 embezzled from Delaware's unemployment ... state Finance Secretary Richard Geisenberger, state Labor Secretary Karryl Hubbard, and state Auditor Lydia ...

In 2020, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law reducing the waiting period for striking employees to receive unemployment benefits from seven weeks to two weeks. Alaska also provides ...