US weekly jobless claims rise slightly; unemployment rate likely unchanged in February

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits ...

Labor Dept deploys ‘strike team’ to California over $21B unemployment debt, fraud concerns

Labor Department deploys specialized "strike team" to California over alleged unemployment fraud and $21 billion in improper ...

Labor Department watchdog flags more than $900M in unused COVID-era benefits, demands immediate return to taxpayers

WASHINGTON — Nearly $1 billion of COVID-19-era unemployment benefits is sitting unused and ripe for fraud, the Labor ...
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Labor Department reports lowest seasonally adjusted unemployment since April 2024

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Department of Labor on Thursday revised its seasonally adjusted unemployment number for the week ending Jan. 3 by adding 8,000 ...

Feds launch probe into California’s ‘blind eye’ on unemployment fraud

California officials who turned a blind eye to unemployment scams — potentially worth tens of billions of dollars during the pandemic — will now be put directly under the microscope of the federal ...

US filings for unemployment aid tick up as layoffs remain healthy

Slightly more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as job cuts remain at relatively healthy levels.
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Labor Department Expanded Eligibility for Unemployment—Here's Who Qualifies

The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday expanded eligibility for unemployment benefits to those facing unsafe workplaces, as well as out-of-work parents who had to quit their jobs when schools and ...

Labor Department launches investigation into California unemployment fraud allegations

In a letter sent to California’s Employment Development Department, the Department of Labor shared with state officials that it would soon be deploying a “strike team” to the state, ...