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. Commissioner Suzi LeVine said the state is working with federal law enforcement, financial institutions and the U.S. […]
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...
by Troy S. Mason | Apr 23, 2020 | Business News
Another 4.4 million Americans filed for initial jobless claims last week, revealing that at least 26 million people have requested unemployment benefits since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. In just one month, all job gains since the Great Recession have...
