The U.S. unemployment rate has drifted upward over the past year, fueling recession concerns. The unemployment insurance program buckled during the Covid-19 pandemic under a deluge of claims. Experts ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Anthony Battle is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional. He earned the Chartered ...

The COVID-19-related emergency policy interventions in the unemployment insurance (UI) system 1 unfolded quickly and will have long-lasting ramifications. While the Great Recession produced modest ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) — During the pandemic, excluded workers got the financial help they needed through the Excluded Workers Fund, but that assistance has since ended. Now, workers all across the state ...

Renewed fears of a U.S. recession have put a spotlight on unemployment. However, the system that workers rely on to collect unemployment benefits is at risk of buckling — as it did during the Covid-19 ...