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WASHINGTON—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce called for the federal government and states to take swift action to address "the country’s ever-worsening workforce crisis," as the economy gains momentum, triggering a ...

Job searches jumped by 5 percent in 22 Republican-led states on the day each announced it was moving ...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and several of his GOP colleagues wrote an open letter to the ...

Florida authorities are tightening eligibility requirements for people to collect unemployment benefits, in a bid to encourage people ...

A record number of small businesses couldn't find enough workers to hire in April, according to a new ...

President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on May 7 sought to fend off claims that the ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. small businesses have faced an unprecedented economic disruption due to the pandemic and the subsequent government shutdowns. With the ...

OTTAWA—Canada's government on Thursday boosted a proposed weekly payout for the jobless that would replace emergency COVID-19 income ...

The Trump administration's Lost Wages Assistance program, which offered $300 a week for up to six weeks after ...

The minister responsible for Australia's welfare system is unsure how much the unemployment benefit will be after the ...

The number of Americans filing jobless claims fell below 1 million for the first time since the height ...

President Donald Trump said he would use executive action to extend the pandemic unemployment benefit, along with other ...

The number of American workers filing initial unemployment claims has come in at more than 1 million for ...

WASHINGTON—Uncertainty hangs over the next coronavirus relief package, as Democrats and Republicans remain far apart on a number ...

With the latest stimulus package just around the corner, we spoke with Daniel Lacalle about how they could ...

WASHINGTON—The dispute over enhanced unemployment benefit grows as Republicans propose capping the benefits at 70 percent of a worker's prior pay. ...

Capitol Hill will soon debate whether to extend enhanced unemployment benefits beyond this month. President Donald Trump says ...

The jump in the jobless rate to the highest level in nearly two decades is only the beginning, ...

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told Fox in an interview Tuesday that the $600-per-week enhancement to unemployment ...