In its scramble to boost the US economy during the pandemic, Congress rolled out a well-worn recession-fighting policy: extending jobless benefits. This reignited a long-standing debate between those ...

The unemployment compensation system in the United States operates as a joint federal-state program. Unlike a direct federal unemployment program, the federal government supports states in funding and ...

Financial advisors should help workplace retirement plan sponsors extend benefits to retired employees, according to a report issued by Mercer and the Stanford Center on Longevity. The extended ...

The debate over the state budget has complicated efforts to pass a bill to extend unemployment benefits for about 37,000 North Carolinians facing the loss of their financial lifeline on Saturday. The ...

Bush signed an extension of jobless benefits into law just before 8 a.m., as he was preparing to leave the White House for a morning flight to Lima, Peru, to attend the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic ...

The Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development announced Friday that the federal Extended Benefits program will end Saturday, Nov. 7. The United States Department of Labor runs the program, ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s falling jobless rate isn’t good news for everybody. Officials announced Monday that the unemployment rate is low enough that Nevada is no longer eligible to pay State ...