NJ Lawmakers Approve Unemployment Website Upgrade
The state Legislature recently passed a measure mandating that the Labor Department rework the site so jobless residents can access claims information anytime.
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The state Legislature recently passed a measure mandating that the Labor Department rework the site so jobless residents can access claims information anytime.
On the billions of dollars states borrowed from the federal government to pay unemployment benefits during the recession, $1.3 billion in interest was coming due this Fall.
State employees are providing some tips for Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy as he prepares to tackle a budget deficit projected to top $3 billion.
The nation's unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent last month, its lowest level in 19 months.
Are we there yet? Despite some disappointing holiday sales results, there are new signs this week pointing to an improving economy. But what about unemployment?
Jobless New Jersey residents may soon be able to receive training from potential employers without jeopardizing their unemployment benefits.
The nation's recession has caused a jump in lawsuits filed in New Jersey's courts over credit card debt, with formerly affluent people increasingly the target of litigation.
Bill Holland of the New Jersey Working Families Alliance will lead a rally outsider Assemblyman Alex DeCroce's office in Whippany Wednesday.
Roughly 287 sanitation workers were to be let go Dec. 23 and their jobs were to be outsourced to a private company.
Christie said remarks by Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce "ill-advised." DeCroce told business leaders this week that a resident collecting $550 a week in unemployment benefits has little incentive to look for work.
Democratic leaders who demanded that the top Assembly Republican apologize may have gotten more than they asked for.
The state Labor Department has proposed rule changes that would tighten unemployment eligibility for workers who quit or who are fired for misconduct.
Connecticut officials say hundreds of people have defrauded the state by collecting $2.5 million in unemployment benefits they do not deserve.
Gillibrand held a news conference to encourage federal lawmakers to extend long-term unemployment benefits through the end of 2011.
The nation's unemployment rate climbed to 9.8 percent in November, a seven-month high, as hiring slowed.
With two million Americans losing their unemployment benefits just as the holidays are arriving, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan is taking a nuanced position.
A partisan dispute in Washington is threatening to unhinge the lives of the unemployed, and just in time for the holidays.
Those in the Garden State seeking jobless benefits for the first time will be eligible for up to 26 weeks of aid instead of 99 weeks.
Nearly 2 million Americans will stop getting unemployment checks next month -- unless Congress votes to renew extended jobless benefits by Nov. 30. Here's a guide to unemployed benefits and the looming aid cutoff.
Unless Congress acts, extended unemployment benefits will expire at midnight Tuesday for roughly 400,000 New York residents, 275,000 from New Jersey and 58,000 from Connecticut.
Nearly 200,000 New Yorkers could lose their jobless benefits as emergency benefits are set to expire next month.
Employers added the most jobs in five months in October, with the education and health care sectors leading the way.
Finding time to train for the New York City Marathon is tough, but not for the unemployed.
The constitutional amendment was the only statewide ballot question in Tuesday's election.
"With the current MTA fare increase coming along, and your day-to-day expenses are going up, and your salary or income is not keeping pace at all, so at some point it's going to break if it keeps this way," one resident said.
