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  2. Unemployment claims are on the rise in Mass. Here are the ...

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    Here are the latest numbers. Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts rose for the week ending Aug. 31 compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday ...

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

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    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 that businesses are informed of all employment laws impacting them and their employees, providing temporary assistance when employment is interrupted ...

  4. 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, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.

  5. Massachusetts sees rise in initial unemployment claims - AOL

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    September 3, 2024 at 10:37 AM. Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts rose in the week ending August 24 compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday ...

  6. Unemployment benefits - Wikipedia

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    Economics. Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by governmental bodies to unemployed people. Depending on the country and the status of the person, those sums may be small, covering only basic needs, or may compensate the lost time ...

  7. Massachusetts unemployment claims increased last week - AOL

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

  8. First-time filings for unemployment rose last week in ... - AOL

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    Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in Massachusetts last week compared with the week prior. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...

  9. Payroll tax - Wikipedia

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    Federal social insurance taxes are imposed on employers [35] and employees, [36] ordinarily consisting of a tax of 12.4% of wages up to an annual wage maximum ($118,500 in wages, for a maximum contribution of $14,694 in 2016) for Social Security and a tax of 2.9% (half imposed on employer and half withheld from the employee's pay) of all wages ...