In a majority of states, you can collect unemployment payments for up to 26 weeks, or just about six months. There are currently 13 states with a maximum benefit duration of less than 26 weeks, while ...
Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios Over two-thirds of U.S. metros ended 2024 with higher unemployment compared to a year prior, per recent Labor Department data. Why it matters: The big national unemployment ...
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the nation's unemployment rate edged down to 4%, versus 4.1% in December. The unemployment rate had been forecast to remain at 4.1% in January ...
Employers added 143,000 jobs in January amid LA wildfires, cold weather and uncertainty over President Trump's trade and ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- More Americans are out of work than there were this time last year, with certain states seeing unemployment rates well above the national average. The U.S. Bureau of Labor ...