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The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits held steady last week, though continuing claims rose to the highest level in three years. Jobless claim applications ticked down by 1,000 ...
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
A jump in the unemployment rate to 4.3% in July from 3.7% at the start of the year saw the U.S. central bank kicking off its policy easing cycle with an unusually large half-percentage-point ...
Weekly applications for unemployment. By Christopher S. Rugaber WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of people applying for unemployment benefits rose for the second straight week, a sign the hiring ...
In 1902, the Assembly directed the Bureau to begin operating a free employment agency. [4] In 1916, the Bureau was renamed the State Board of Labor and Statistics and given new duties: mediating labor disputes and enforcing laws governing hours of work and the employment of women and minors. [ 4 ]
The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claim applications fell by 12,000 to 216,000 for the week of Oct. 26. Weekly applications for jobless benefits are considered a proxy for U.S ...
Jobless claims rose by 4,000 to 232,000 for the week of Aug. 17, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Weekly filings for unemployment benefits, which are a proxy for layoffs, remain low by ...
The fraud ring, named Scattered Canary by security researchers, had also filed fraudulent unemployment claims in six other states and is under investigation from the U.S. Department of Justice. [7] By early June, the state government had recovered $333 million out of the $650 million lost to the fraud scheme.