COVID & Unemployment
What you need to know about the job market during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Three years after the pandemic recession, signing up for unemployment still isn't easy
Jun 26, 2023
States are upgrading IT and accessibility to unemployment insurance, but it's a long hard road.
States are being sued for trying to "claw back" pandemic unemployment benefits
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Paul Flahive
Oct 14, 2022
Texas, for instance, sent out more than 1 million overpayment notices since the pandemic began.
Is the virus still in control of the economy?
Feb 17, 2022
Recent numbers suggest this economy is increasingly shrugging its shoulders at the pandemic.
Although the job market's supposed to be hot, more than 6 million are unemployed. Who are they?
Feb 3, 2022
Not all parts of the job market are hot.
Omicron’s peak coincided with key week for jobs data
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Matt Levin
Feb 2, 2022
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' "reference week," used to calculate employment, included Jan. 12 — when omicron was at its worst.
First-time jobless claims rise — and worse may be yet to come
Jan 20, 2022
Analysts say businesses are under pressure and economic confidence has suffered.
Job market looks strong as 2021 ends. 2022 looks uncertain.
Dec 30, 2021
Weekly unemployment claims are still hovering at the lowest level we've seen since 1969.
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Unemployment is unavailable to many who lose jobs over vaccination rules
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Blake Farmer
Nov 8, 2021
States are taking different paths on paying benefits to people who lose their jobs for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
A new recruitment-focused twist on an old festival in Stratford-upon-Avon
Nov 1, 2021
The English town, struggling with a labor shortage like many other parts of the world, revived an old local tradition to help solve the problem.
While still a long way from pre-pandemic days, the job market's making progress
Oct 14, 2021
The number of new jobless claims filed last week was the lowest since March of 2020.