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  2. Massachusetts has one of highest rates of unemployment ... - AOL

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    With a total of 3,588,386 eligible workers and 66,182 unemployment insurance claims, this equated to 1.84% of the state's working population. 2024 off to a promising start for Massachusetts workforce

  3. Unemployment claims in Massachusetts increased last week - AOL

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    Staff reports. April 27, 2024 at 5:11 AM. Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New ...

  4. Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce ...

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    Leadership. The current Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development is Lauren Jones, who was appointed by Governor Maura Healey in January 2023.. Mission. The EOLWD missions is to enhance the quality, diversity and stability of Massachusetts' workforce by making available new opportunities and training, protecting the rights of workers, preventing workplace injuries and illnesses, ensuring ...

  5. Unemployment claims, a key figure of economic strength, fell ...

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

  6. Unemployment - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is people above a specified age (usually 15) [2] not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work during the reference period. [3] Unemployment is measured by the unemployment rate, which is the number of people who are ...

  7. Unemployment insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year ...

  8. Unemployment claims in Massachusetts increased last ... - AOL

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    Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in Massachusetts last week compared with the week prior.

  9. Weimar Republic - Wikipedia

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    Controlled demobilisation kept unemployment initially at around one million. By January 1922 the unemployment rate had sunk to just 0.9%, but inflation caused most workers' real wages to be significantly lower than they were in 1913.