During the pandemic and the years that followed, states that successfully adopted innovative technology to combat fraud saved ...

When an employee is laid off or fired, they can apply for unemployment insurance (UI) to help them get by while looking for another job. Whether or not that person receives benefits is up to the state ...

Lawmakers in at least six states are pushing to make striking employees eligible for unemployment benefits rather than being disqualified for participating in the work stoppage, as is the case in all ...

Chairman LaHood, Ranking Member Davis, and members of the Work and Welfare Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony on potential improvements to the nation’s unemployment ...

Historically the "agreed-upon bill" from the joint labor-management UI advisory council has received easy passage, but not ...

The U.S. unemployment rate has drifted upward over the past year, fueling recession concerns. The unemployment insurance program buckled during the Covid-19 pandemic under a deluge of claims. Experts ...

A surge of unemployment insurance applications during the pandemic overwhelmed state offices. (Lev Radin/Shutterstock) State UI agencies have begun addressing an array of technical shortcomings, but ...

A 20-page report on Delaware’s Unemployment Insurance fund and what transpired in the months following the discovery of more than $181,000 embezzled from it was quietly released to state lawmakers on ...

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT ISSUE. ONE MARYLAND WOMAN AT FIRST DIDN’T THINK THIS WAS REAL. NOW SHE’S WORRIED ABOUT IDENTITY THEFT. I WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE I NEVER APPLIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. I WAS ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michigan workers who received unemployment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic may owe that money back. Michigan's ...