NY and NJ are the only states where striking workers can get jobless benefits. How successful are strikes these days?

Financial assistance programs like loan forbearance, direct relief payments, and enhanced unemployment benefits worked to stave off loan delinquencies over the course of 2020 and 2021: the percentage ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Delaware's Public Integrity Commission declined to investigate the unemployment insurance embezzlement revealed a year after it occurred.

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 ...

The latest news and live updates on the 2024 election as candidates survey Hurricane Helene damage. Follow the Trump-Vance ...

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

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 ...