Coronavirus Support: Massachusetts Unemployment Recipients Should Start Seeing Extra $600 In Weekly Benefits
Gov. Charlie Baker says unemployment recipients in Massachusetts should start seeing extra money in their benefits.
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Gov. Charlie Baker says unemployment recipients in Massachusetts should start seeing extra money in their benefits.
In the past three weeks, there have been nearly 470,000 jobless claims made in Massachusetts.
The last three weeks have marked one of the most devastating periods in history for the American job market.
6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, double the number from last week and 10 times the previous weekly record set in 1982.
Massachusetts needs more guidance on how to distribute the new federal benefits.
Viewers have been asking WBZ-TV about unemployment benefits and the federal stimulus money. Chief Investigator Cheryl Fiandaca took your questions to financial advisor Michael Finer.
A record number of Americans filed for their first week of unemployment benefits last week.
A a record number of people filed for unemployment, smalls businesses are being hit hard by COVID-19.
Employers were advertising openings for 6.55 million positions in March, while 6.59 million Americans were unemployed at that time.
The low level suggests that employers are confident enough in the economy to hold onto workers.
State labor officials report the state lost an estimated 2,500 jobs in January, but the overall unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a point to 4.7 percent.
Gov. Charlie Baker says his upcoming state budget request will include $5 million to address chronic unemployment.
State officials are reporting a slight uptick in the unemployment rate in Massachusetts even as the state continues to gain jobs.
Massachusetts gained jobs for an eighth consecutive month in April while the unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.7 percent, the state office of Labor and Workforce Development said Thursday.
The health and education sector added the most jobs last month, about 5,500.
The January unemployment rate was the lowest since May 2008.
Market Basket workers whose hours have been cut to zero can seek unemployment benefits.
A Somerville woman has pleaded guilty to charges that she collected more than $58,000 in unemployment benefits on her husband's behalf while he was behind bars.
Boston-based Jobs for the Future is the only national program to win a grant from the Youth Career Connect funds.
Massachusetts gained more than 55,000 jobs in 2013, the largest calendar year increase since 2000, state officials reported Thursday.
The Massachusetts unemployment rate stood at 7.2 percent in October, up slightly from the previous month, while the state added more than 9,000 jobs, according to the state Office of Labor and Workforce Development.
About six months have passed since the college commencement season, and many of those new graduates still don't have good jobs.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Joe Mathieu says the unemployment rate doen't tell the whole story.
The unemployment rate in Massachusetts dropped to 6.4 percent in March even as the state lost 5,500 jobs during the month.
The cuts will hit about 45,000 Massachusetts residents who currently receive the benefits.
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