The state Department of Labor is raising the maximum unemployment insurance benefit rate from $504 per week to $869 per week beginning next Monday, and benefit checks will reflect the change the ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Pennsylvania dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 7 ...

Congress and President Donald Trump have little time and even fewer options to reach a funding deal to avoid triggering a partial government shutdown, which would disrupt U.S. government services and ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Pennsylvania dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 7 ...

The U.S. labor market looks to be in a precarious balance, in solid shape for the moment but vulnerable to a rapid worsening. The big picture: That's the implication of the chart above, which captures ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased marginally during the last week of September, data from Haver Analytics showed, pointing to a ...

U.S. States by Unemployment Rate: The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes monthly and annual figures via its Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) programme. As of August 2025, the U.S.

The federal government shut down on Oct. 1 after Congress failed to agree on a spending plan. During a shutdown, non-essential government services close and hundreds of thousands of federal workers ...

AI is reshaping work by automating traditional jobs while creating new roles, forcing governments and companies to urgently invest in reskilling to prevent deepening inequality. Generative AI ...

More Americans are out of work than there were this time last year, with certain states seeing unemployment rates well above the national average. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released ...