by Troy S. Mason | May 13, 2020 | Business News
In New Jersey, a 60-year-old programming language became the scapegoat for years of neglect after the state’s unemployment website struggled to handle the flood of unemployment claims spurred by the coronavirus lockdowns. In Florida, there have been extreme cuts over the last decade to the unemployment system. The state’s onerous process seems designed to deter […]
by Troy S. Mason | May 11, 2020 | Business News
President Donald Trump has pushed for a swift turnaround after weeks of lockdowns, saying he believes the economy will “transition into greatness” in the third quarter. However, as the country slowly reopens, the economy is not expected to simply bounce...
by Troy S. Mason | May 9, 2020 | Business News
While the April jobs report released Friday was catastrophic by any measure, labor economists say the data reveals the economic fault lines that put America’s poorest and least-educated workers at risk of falling through the cracks. The Bureau of Labor Statistics...
by Troy S. Mason | Apr 9, 2020 | Business News
America’s stunning unemployment surge during coronavirus, visualized Economists say the percentage of people out of work has soared since then. “It’s fair to say we’re now into the double digits,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. How long this...
by Troy S. Mason | Apr 5, 2020 | Business News
When Simone Nelson was finally able to reach someone from the unemployment office in New York state on Tuesday, she was overjoyed. Nelson, 22, had been making hundreds of calls a day, endlessly pressing redial after learning that she no longer had a job at the bakery...
