When an employee is laid off or fired, they can apply for unemployment insurance (UI) to help them get by while looking for another job. Whether or not that person receives benefits is up to the state ...

Sixty percent of Americans under age 65 — that’s about 164.7 million people — receive their health insurance through their employer, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis. That means losing ...

Unemployment in the U.S. is at record levels, due to the coronavirus crisis. As the number continues to climb, people without jobs could also be without health insurance. SEE ALSO: You've just lost ...

Sign on the door of the Dane County Job Center in Madison, Wisconsin. (Wisconsin Examiner photo) Unemployed Wisconsinites could lose a week’s jobless benefits if they don’t show up for an interview if ...

Unemployment refers to the situation where people who are capable of working and are actively seeking jobs cannot find any ...

Besides foreclosures, one of the lasting problems of the financial crisis is the fiscal trouble many states are in. The Journal has a good story today about Neveda’s budget squeeze. And over the ...

Unemployment structures are crucial to stabilizing the economy and supporting the workers when they lose their jobs.