unemployment

Most Americans believe the federal government’s $300-a-week sweetener to state unemployment benefits should end immediately, a new survey has found. Fifty-two percent of people believe the benefits should end now, with just 30 percent saying they...

The 21 states that have ended or will end the beefed-up payments in June saw a 13.8 percent drop since mid-May in the number of people receiving unemployment benefits, a report said Sunday.

More than 3.3 million Americans are still on traditional state unemployment benefits as the number of people seeking new claims ticked slightly up last week, the feds said Thursday.

Not content with record inflation sparked by his added trillions in spending and stubborn unemployment rolls thanks to his extended benefits, President Joe Biden has delivered more economic poison by issuing a sweeping executive order that claims to...

More than 1.8 million unemployed Americans have turned down jobs over the course of the pandemic because of the generosity of unemployment insurance benefits, according to a poll by Morning Consult.

More than 3.2 million Americans remained on traditional state unemployment benefits even as the number of people seeking new claims fell last week to a new pandemic low, the feds said Thursday. Continuing claims fell by 126,000 from just over 3.3...

More than 3.2 million Americans remained on traditional state unemployment benefits as the number of people seeking new claims leaped last week above 400,000 again.

After being let go from his job as a software quality-assurance engineer in April, Eric Watkins said he filed for unemployment benefits in Colorado. But he hasn't received a penny of the $6,490 he said he was eligible receive and he's not sure when...

A judge in Arkansas ruled against Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s decision to halt pandemic unemployment benefits, ordering the state to resume them despite business owners struggling to hire.

President Joe Biden is open to extending a $300 weekly unemployment insurance supplement during a labor shortage, but he hasn't yet made up his mind, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Friday.

When he takes office, Eric Adams will face relentless crises, from gang shootings to unemployment.

Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expected weekly new unemployment claims fell to 375,000 last week.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh announced on that the enhanced unemployment benefits during COVID-19 will expire on Sept. 6.

The unemployment rate in the New York City-Newark-Jersey City metro area fell to 8 percent in July, cut nearly in half since a year ago.

New York will not pay to cover extended COVID unemployment benefits for the 1.6 million state residents receiving them when the related federal program expires, Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

Restaurateurs are hopeful that the end of enhanced COVID-19 unemployment benefits on Monday will push New Yorkers to get back to work. New York City restaurant owners getting burned by a shortage of workers during the pandemic told The Post they...

Gov. Kathy Hochul did the right thing in refusing to extend enhanced unemployment benefits — even if she made the decision on procedure, not principle. Three federal programs expired Sunday. One extended benefits beyond 26 weeks, a second covered...

Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, has been crippled by multiple crises, including terrorism and unemployment. The country may now have another serious issue to deal with - separatism. It's an issue that has resurfaced and is being disseminated...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits, seen as a proxy for layoffs, fell to 310,000 last week, down 35,000 from the prior week's revised level 345,000.

I refused to get vaccinated and they fired me for cause, for refusing to comply with company policy. They gave me no severance and are trying to deny my unemployment.