The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave final approval May 17 to House Bill 1933, which would index unemployment insurance benefits, tying the length of benefits to the state’s unemployment rate. The Seante passed the bill April 26. If the governor approves the bill, Oklahoma will provide shorter periods of benefits…

The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency announced May 4 that an additional 55,000 unemployment insurance claimants who received overpayments during the coronavirus pandemic will not have to repay the funds. The agency also said about 400,000 overpayments totalling $4.3 billion had already been forgiven.

More Americans applied for jobless aid last week, but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits is at a 53-year low

High inflation tends to break out when economic growth is really roaring.

Early in the election campaign, on April 14, we learned that Australia’s unemployment rate had slipped below 4% in March, to 3.95% – the lowest rate in 48 years.

Jobless figures provide boost to Prime Minister Scott Morrison days out from a closely fought election.

The labour force figures are the final piece of economic data before the federal election and will be welcomed by the Coalition

Australia's unemployment rate falls to 3.9 per cent, even though only 4,000 new jobs were created in April, leading some economists to conclude Australia is running out of workers available for hire.

Governments have long ignored a fast-growing cohort of people who live with illness or disability that prevents them from working