Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about emerging employment structures, policy and law. In the first days of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits in January ...

Despite keeping tens of millions of Americans afloat during the pandemic, expanded unemployment insurance (UI) only reached 41% of unemployed workers according to Professor Eliza Forsythe of the ...

The state is dead last again — this time with unemployment insurance tax rates paid by businesses giving the old “Taxachusetts” label new life. This means businesses — small and large — face the ...

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The increase in unemployment funding would include $150 million for program integrity efforts including identity verification services for states. The Biden administration is looking for $3.4 billion ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-23-106586) entitled "Unemployment Insurance - DOL Needs to Address Substantial Pandemic UI Fraud and Reduce ...

The massive expansion in unemployment insurance (UI) benefits—including super-sized bonuses and minimal eligibility confirmations—may be the most flawed, wasteful, and even damaging component of the ...

Weekly filings for unemployment benefits rose to 351,000 last week as the hiring recovery trudged forward. Economists expected claims to fall to 320,000. The reading places claims just above ...

During a virtual press conference Tuesday, officials highlighted the launch of a streamlined online unemployment insurance (UI) application and process. The new system is the result of a federal-state ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin about why some Republican governors are opting out of receiving federal unemployment benefits for their state. We're going to stay on this ...