WASHINGTON — Nearly $1 billion of COVID-19-era unemployment benefits is sitting unused and ripe for fraud, the Labor ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...

California officials who turned a blind eye to unemployment scams — potentially worth tens of billions of dollars during the pandemic — will now be put directly under the microscope of the federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Department of Labor on Thursday revised its seasonally adjusted unemployment number for the week ending Jan. 3 by adding 8,000 ...

The US Department of Labor intends to send a “strike team” to dig into COVID-19 pandemic-era fraud involving California’s Employment Development Department.

The Labor Department is planning to require states to hand over sensitive unemployment information in the name of fighting fraud. The plan, detailed in a notice of proposed rulemaking issued on Friday ...

Discover the role and responsibilities of the U.S. Secretary of Labor, a key leader managing workplace laws, safety standards ...