Tag: Unemployment

A jobs speak with recruiters during a National Career Fairs job fair in Chicago, on Thursday, Jan. 14. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Jobless claims fall to 278,000, halting upward trend

Joseph Lawler · January 28, 2016 1:50 pm

Applications for unemployment benefits were released Thursday morning. (AP file photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Jobless claims rise again to 293,000, now running at highest level since April

Joseph Lawler · January 21, 2016 1:34 pm

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Jobless claims rise to 284,000, monthly average highest since July

Joseph Lawler · January 14, 2016 1:33 pm

Not only should laid-off workers receive unemployment insurance, President Obama said, but they should also be encouraged to get training for a new job. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama calls for system of wage insurance

Joseph Lawler · January 13, 2016 2:29 am

(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Job openings, hiring ticked up in November

Joseph Lawler · January 12, 2016 3:05 pm

Short-term unemployment plumbed the lowest levels in a half-century in 2015

Short-term unemployment plumbed the lowest levels in a half-century in 2015

Joseph Lawler · January 8, 2016 3:46 pm

For months, U.S. employers have steadily added jobs even as global growth has flagged and financial markets have sunk. The jobs report for December on Friday may provide some hints of whether that trend can endure. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Economy adds 292,000 jobs in December, unemployment ends year at 5 percent

Joseph Lawler · January 8, 2016 1:31 pm

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 5,000 to land at 267,000 for the week that ended Dec. 19, the Labor Department said. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Jobless claims fall to 277,000 after steep rise to end 2015

Joseph Lawler · January 7, 2016 1:30 pm

According to the Food Research Action Center, SNAP participation averaged 45.5 million people in September 2015, a decrease of almost 1.1 million compared with September 2014. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Up to 1 million may lose food stamp benefits in 2016

Kelly Cohen · January 6, 2016 10:08 pm

Study: Federal minimum wage hike killed jobs during recession

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Study: Federal minimum wage hike killed jobs during recession

Jason Russell · January 4, 2016 3:52 pm

(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Jobless claims jump to 287,000, highest since July

Joseph Lawler · December 31, 2015 1:32 pm

The biggest increase of people leaving the labor force came among people who retired. That is partly because of the aging U.S. population, with more baby boomers reaching retirement age in recent years. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Where people leaving the labor force are going

Joseph Lawler · December 30, 2015 10:05 pm