Coronavirus Unemployment: Jobs That Are Hiring, Tips For Tailoring Your Skills
Essential services, remote jobs and quick gigs are prevailing right now as millions of furloughed employees search for work.
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Essential services, remote jobs and quick gigs are prevailing right now as millions of furloughed employees search for work.
Of the 26 million who have filed for unemployment nationally over the last five weeks, only about 16 million have received checks. So where does that leave everyone else?
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Gov. Murphy stressed "no one will be denied one penny of the benefits they deserve" from unemployment.
Roughly 26 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the five weeks since the coronavirus outbreak began forcing millions of employers to close their doors.
Another 5.2 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, and that brings the total number for the past four weeks to roughly 22 millIon - a staggering number that's about the same as the population of the state of Florida.
The first batch of stimulus checks — or "economic impact payments," as they are officially known — started hitting consumers' bank accounts on Saturday, the Internal Revenue Service has told CBS News.
An additional 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment last week alone. The total number of unemployed now representing 10% of the American workforce.
Thousands of New Yorkers are sharing similar frustrations online, posting their logs of countless calls to the labor department over the past few weeks.
An unprecedented number of Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the coronavirus shuttered businesses nationwide.
The coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the Tri-State Area, with new cases and restrictions announced each day.
With unemployment at historic lows, many companies around the country are attracting employees with all kinds of perks.
De Blasio credits part of the changes to measures like raising the minimum wage, universal pre-K, and paid safe and sick leave.
Starting in 2019, you can save more for retirement through your IRA and 401K savings plans.
Employers added just 134,000 jobs last month, the fewest in a year, the Labor Department said Friday. But that figure was likely depressed by the impact of Hurricane Florence.
The figures reflect a strong job market driven by optimistic employers seeking to expand their workforces.
According to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employers were advertising openings for 6.55 million positions in March. The May 8 release adds that 6.59 million Americans were unemployed at that time
New York City has added more than 91,000 jobs in the past year, and the unemployment rate moved slightly lower in August to 5.4 percent.
The jury in Cumberland County found 63-year-old Bruce Garrett of Vineland guilty of theft by deception.
The Atlantic City region lost 9,900 jobs over the past 12 months, battered by the closure of four of Atlantic City's 12 casinos.
A Major League Soccer referee has been suspended after being accused of collecting New York unemployment benefits while working.
Hundreds of newly laid-off casino workers began filing for unemployment Wednesday morning, the first attendees at an assistance center that expects to process 5,000 workers over the next three days.
Mayor Bill de Blasio is creating a task force to reinvent the city's approach to job training, creation and placement.
Forty percent of college seniors and recent graduates polled by Reuters this week fear their job prospects are bleak to none.
U.S. Labor Department statistics show that out of 3 million recent college grads, 36 percent have no job or one they doesn't require a degree.
