Unemployment

The Internal Revenue Service will begin refunding money to people in May who already filed their returns without claiming the new tax break on unemployment benefits, the agency said Wednesday. …

Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images The IRS will start issuing tax refunds in May to Americans who filed their returns without claiming a new break on unemployment benefits, the federal …

Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images Senate Democrats reached an agreement Friday on extending unemployment benefits in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill. They will now look …

People line up to receive free food donations Nov. 19, 2020 outside the St. Charles Borromeo Church in New York City. Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images News | Getty Images …

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that the United States should fund the development of a chipmaking compound in efforts to address both the nation’s high unemployment rate and a chip …

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) put out a new bill Wednesday that would overhaul the US’s crumbling unemployment benefits systems. Over the last year, outdated state unemployment systems have kept jobless …

Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images Millions of Americans will get tax forms for unemployment benefits this filing season. However, many will get them in error due to fraud, creating a …

Job growth returned to the U.S. in January, with nonfarm payrolls increasing by 49,000 while the unemployment rate fell to 6.3%, the Labor Department said Friday in the first employment …

As Gov. Gavin Newsom faces the growing threat of a recall, House Republicans from California said Friday that his administration must answer for the state’s recent finding that $11 billion …

Cars line up to pick up food boxes at the Athens County Fairgrounds in Athens, Ohio on Dec. 19, 2020. BRAD LEE | AFP | Getty Images Long-term unemployment is …

Capitol dome Congress Mark Makela | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are hoping to pass $1.9 trillion of additional pandemic relief, including extra …

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said Sunday on ABC’s This Week that there appears to be enough votes to pass a new round of …

The latest economic survey detailing the state of country’s economic health on Friday showed Punjab among the top five states with rampant unemployment. The state, on the flip side, also …

TOPEKA, Kan.: Thousands of fraudulent unemployment claims are prompting Kansas to shut down its processing system this weekend, meaning some jobless workers will have payments delayed as the state installs …

Chan said in an online article that the unemployment rate during the October-December 2020 period will continue to spike and even surpass the 16-year high, a level reached recently, reports …

Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images $400 weekly boost Workers got $323 a week in state benefits, on average, in the third quarter last year, according to …

Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden’s pandemic relief package would extend income support for millions of unemployed workers through September 2021 and increase jobless …

Andy Beshear, governor of Kentucky Scotty Perry/Bloomberg via Getty Images Kentucky is sending $400 checks to thousands of unemployed workers in the state who didn’t qualify for an earlier round …

Win McNamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images The recent Covid relief package offers 11 extra weeks of jobless benefits to workers. Many, but not all, will be eligible …

Uber driver picking up customer. Al Seib | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Self-employed and gig workers applied for unemployment benefits last week at half the level from the …

Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet were set to lapse on Saturday night unless President Donald Trump signed an end-of-year Covid-19 relief and spending bill …

The legislative package will provide billions of dollars for the distribution of a vaccine, funds for schools, small businesses, hospitals and American families US President Donald Trump on Sunday abruptly …

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed overnight as President Donald Trump refused to sign an end-of-year COVID relief …

“Some people spend their money on a bigger home or better car or travel, but we live modestly,” said Boyadjian. “Whatever money we can put together, we spend it on …

The latest stimulus offer from the White House comes with one-time $600 payments for most Americans and a lump of coal for the unemployed.  The new proposal offered by Treasury …