As America prepares to celebrate Labor Day, it’s timely to wonder what the US Department of Labor (DOL) has been up to. One noteworthy recent action was DOL’s August 21 release of a report on improper ...

The nation's 59 million self-employed workers got a lifeline last year when lawmakers created the first-ever program that extended jobless benefits to this growing group of workers. But that program, ...

The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program is one of three federally funded programs introduced by the CARES Act. This program has a very specific aim: providing emergency unemployment ...

An audit released on June 16 of the Illinois Department of Employment Security found that half of federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits the agency paid out during the height of the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WDTN) – Approximately 5,000 people are now eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance after the Department of Labor updated its list of eligibility scenarios. The federal PUA ...

A state audit released Thursday found nearly $2 billion in federal money intended to help unemployed Illinoisans during the pandemic was lost to fraudulent claims in Illinois. The Illinois Department ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- It took more than a month-and-a-half to get Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program benefit payments into the pockets of Illinoisans who desperately needed the money, making the ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — For the week ending March 27, initial claims for unemployment insurance (UI) totaled 11,677, up 4,036 claims, or 52.8%, compared to the previous week’s total of 7,641 claims, ...

Since the pandemic, many workers have faced a difficult choice: taking a job that may increase their risk of exposure to the coronavirus or turning down income they may need to cover the bills. Those ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Economic support has finally arrived in California for the millions of self-employed, freelance and gig economy workers in California, many of whom have lost work or wages in ...