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Unemployed Connecticut residents aren’t the only ones waiting for the next pandemic relief check. There are a slew of fraudsters waiting to get their hands on the money. The state is trying to make sure that doesn’t happen.  The Department of Labor sent out an email this week to claimants to warn them of possible phishing scams. It says...

After hundreds of unemployment recipeients saw their funds disappear, the Department of Labor is warning about bad actors who are gaining access to accounts through phishing attempts.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 787,000, a sign that job losses may have eased slightly but are still running at historically high levels

A new study shows that older workers are facing higher unemployment than midcareer workers amid the coronavirus pandemic

A rapper who boasted in a YouTube music video about getting rich from committing unemployment benefits fraud was arrested Friday in Los Angeles on federal charges of carrying out that very scheme by fraudulently applying for more than $1.2 million in jobless benefits, including by using stolen identities, federal prosecutors announced.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to 898,000, a historically high number that is evidence that layoffs remain a hindrance to the economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession that erupted seven months ago

The state Department of Labor reports it has now received more than one million applications for unemployment benefits since mid-March.

Some Connecticut residents were surprised when their unemployment checks didn’t get deposited in their bank accounts. The Department of Labor said they were victims of fraud, but was unable to say the money would be restored. “My account had been compromised and my deposit account had been switched to a Wells Fargo account,” Allison VanDenburg of Groton said. When...

Some unemployment recipients say their deposits disappeared and their routing information was somehow changed on their accounts.

The possibility that another round of stimulus checks will reach Americans this year seems to be changing by the day. The Economic Policy Institute’s senior economist, Heidi Shierholz, joined us to explain why a stimulus package is so important for the economy as well as for unemployed Americans.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dipped last week to a still-high 840,000, evidence that layoffs remain elevated seven months into the pandemic recession

National data shows that 865,000 women left the labor force in September. Why did that happen and what does it mean for women in the workplace?  “You see a lot of those Main Street businesses owned and operated by women. A lot of them owned and operated by women of color,” Fran Pastore, CEO of the Women’s Business Development...

Some survivors of COVID-19 and people who have lost loved ones to the pandemic are angry over President Donald Trump’s advice not to fear the disease

When Tom and Sarah Bricker, a couple who runs the Disney Tourist Blog, discovered the folks who run their favorite theme park were in need, they couldn’t stand idly by.

Millions of Americans who worked in the industries hit hardest by the viral pandemic are finding that their unemployment has stretched from weeks into months.

Weaker-than-expected job growth in September sent a signal that the sharp economic recovery off the coronavirus shutdown may be hitting a wall. The Labor Department reported Friday that nonfarm payrolls increased by 661,000 in September, held back by declines in government employment and an exodus of workers from the labor force. In normal times, that type of hiring pace would be...

The HEROES Act is expected to die in the Senate, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel, R-Ky.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined last week to a still-high 837,000, evidence that the economy is struggling to sustain a tentative recovery that began this summer

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined last week to 837,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. On Friday, the government will issue the jobs report for September.

Lost loved ones, isolation, unemployment: We asked you to share what’s been on your mind since the coronavirus pandemic swept the U.S. this spring and you answered. Courtesy of our friends at NBC CT, this is a timeline of Covid-19 in America, through your eyes and in your own words.