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The New York Unemployment Insurance Law, enacted in 1935 and codified at Article 18 of the Labor Law, implements US unemployment insurance within New York. As with most states, the maximum period for receiving benefits is 26 full weeks during a one-year period (benefit year).
Extended benefits for certain New Yorkers on unemployment took effect July 5. That could give workers up to 59 weeks of state benefits. UPDATE: The Extended Benefits (EB) program is now in...
New York City's overall unemployment rate dropped to 7 percent in February, down from 7.6 percent in January, but increased for Black workers, Comptroller Brad Lander said Monday.
New York City's unemployment rate still lags behind the United States. The country as a whole regained all jobs that were lost during the COVID-era with a 3.5 percent unemployment rate, while the ...
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in New York dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...
In 1931, governors from New York, Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut organized an interstate commission on unemployment insurance. In 1932, Wisconsin passed the first public unemployment insurance program in the United States, offering 50% wage compensation for a maximum of 10 weeks, funded through a payroll tax ...
New state unemployment data shows roughly 700,000 New York City dwellers are out of work from last year, with the hardest hit in the Bronx. Matt Troutman, Patch Staff. Posted Wed, Aug 26,...
The $300 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation will resume the week ending Jan. 3 for 11 weeks. New Yorkers who receive any type of unemployment benefit will receive the additional...
It falls 31st among the 50 states and eight major metropolitan areas, ranked from the lowest to highest unemployment rate. New York's statewide unemployment rate is slightly higher at 4.6...
The New York Times reported some of the causes and consequences of higher black unemployment in February 2018: "Even at the low of 6.8 percent recorded in December [2017] — it climbed back to 7.7 percent in January — the unemployment level for black Americans would qualify as a near crisis for whites. And the relative gains have not erased ...