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Initial filings for unemployment benefits in New York rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to ...
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in New York 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 ...
New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 13,196 in the week ending April 27, up from 12,841 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims remained the same at ...
Labor Law. Website. dol .ny .gov. The New York State Department of Labor ( DOL or NYSDOL) is the department of the New York state government that enforces labor law and administers unemployment benefits. [1] [2] The mission of the New York State Department of Labor is to protect workers, assist the unemployed and connect job seekers to jobs ...
t. e. Unemployment insurance in the United States, colloquially referred to as unemployment benefits, refers to social insurance programs which replace a portion of wages for individuals during unemployment. The first unemployment insurance program in the U.S. was created in Wisconsin in 1932, and the federal Social Security Act of 1935 created ...
U.S. unemployment claims remained the same at 217,000 last week on a seasonally adjusted basis. Virgin Islands saw the largest percentage increase in weekly claims, with claims jumping by 163.6%.
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level in more than eight months, offering more evidence that the labor market was steadily cooling.
The weekly jobless claims report from the Labor Department on Thursday, the most timely data on the economy's health, also showed unemployment rolls expanding to levels last seen two years ago.