Private-sector employment in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls area has declined by 13,700 jobs, or 3 percent, since October 2008 according to the state Department of Labor. The nonfarm (private and public sectors combined) job loss in the same year-over-year period fell by ...Read More
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana has won a $4 million federal grant to lead an effort with Michigan and Ohio to help laid-off autoworkers find jobs in the renewable-energy industry and related occupations. The U.S. Department of Labor awarded the grant Wednesday to ...Read More
New York City's securities industry grew by 3,600 jobs in September, the biggest increase since 2002, according to a report by the New York State Comptroller. The rise follows a net decline of 32,000 securities-industry jobs tracked by the state's Department ...Read More
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia labor officials reports the number of jobless applying for unemployment rose in October, but was lower than it was a year ago. Unemployment insurance initial claims released by the Georgia Department of Labor on Thursday showed that ...Read More
ATLANTA -- Georgia labor officials reports the number of jobless applying for unemployment rose in October, but was lower than it was a year ago. Unemployment insurance initial claims released by the Georgia Department of Labor on Thursday showed that 70,957 ...Read More
U.S. initial unemployment insurance claims fell 12,000 from last week on a seasonally-adjusted (SA) basis, but rose 46,904 on a non-seasonally-adjusted (NSA) basis.
Despite the nationwide increase on an NSA basis, claims actually dropped in California, Florida, and New York.
Department of ...Read More
A bad economy always hurts the incumbent, but the situation was even worse for Corzine, who took office in January 2006. That's because New Jersey lagged the nation and Pennsylvania and New York even during the economic boom.
From 2004 through ...Read More
Hawaii’s unemployed can get an extra 14 weeks of jobless benefits, the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announced Friday. Hawaii’s jobless already can collect benefits of up to $570 a week for 59 weeks, up from the 26-week limit ...Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Federal stimulus funding administered by Rhode Island's state government created or sustained nearly 1,490 jobs, or about 13 percent fewer positions than originally reported. New figures released Friday showed drops that Gov. Don Carcieri's administration attributed to changes ...Read More
The number of new claims for jobless benefits jumped more than expected last week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Claims had fallen in five out of the previous six weeks, and most economists expect that trend to continue but ...Read More
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