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 ...

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, ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — As workers across the United States celebrate Labor Day weekend, those still looking for a job will face their first test this week as the federal safety net for unemployment ...

HOUSTON — The Verify team is getting a lot of questions about the extra $300 in unemployment benefits that will end in Texas in a couple of weeks. People wanted to know whether that includes all of ...

Since the start of the pandemic, mass unemployment has rocked the nation. To help mitigate the damage, two economic stimulus packages allotted unprecedented sums of money to create new benefits ...