by Troy S. Mason | Jun 4, 2020 | Business News
More than 2.1 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week, the 10th straight week that jobless claims have been in the millions as the coronavirus continues to cripple the economy. The total number of people who have sought unemployment assistance now stands at more than 40 million since the crisis […]
by Troy S. Mason | May 22, 2020 | Business News
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Impostors have used the stolen information of tens of thousands of people in Washington to fraudulently receive hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment benefits, the head of the state’s Employment Security Department said Thursday....
by Troy S. Mason | May 15, 2020 | Business News
Around 2.98 million Americans filed for first-time unemployment claims last week, more than economist expectations of 2.7 million, and the eighth-straight week of numbers in the millions. The weekly jobless claims total, released by the Department of Labor on Thursday...
by Troy S. Mason | May 8, 2020 | Business News
Around 3 million more workers filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week, down slightly from 3.8 million the previous week. More than 33 million Americans have now filed for initial jobless claims since the coronavirus pandemic ripped through the...
by Troy S. Mason | May 1, 2020 | Business News
Around 3.8 million more workers filed for first-time employment benefits last week, bringing the national jobless total to a staggering 30 million — or around 18 percent of the workforce. Continuing claims, or the number of people receiving ongoing benefits, hit 18...
