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A man under federal supervision after being imprisoned for sex trafficking participated in a COVID unemployment scheme across the country, federal prosecutors in Rhode Island said Wednesday. Mackenzy Scott, a 26-year-old from Providence, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, stealing government money and identity theft, according to the U.S....

Nonfarm payrolls in September increased 263,000 for the month, compared to the Dow Jones estimate of 275,000. The unemployment rate was 3.5%.

Slightly fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to stand out as one of the strongest segments of the U.S. economy.

The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that they have raised the benchmark interest rate by 0.75% to curb high inflation.

America’s employers shrugged off high inflation and weakening growth to add 372,000 jobs in June, a surprisingly strong gain that will likely spur the Federal Reserve to keep sharply raising interest rates to cool the economy and slow price increases

Unemployment in Massachusetts currently sits at 3.9 percent. What else might that mean for hybrid workers, and the potential for a four-day work week?

Experts say the pandemic has forever changed the workforce. Right now, employees have the edge in deciding how they work. In Massachusetts, the state’s unemployment rate is currently 3.9%. Companies are still dealing with the great resignation, and right now businesses and workers are trying to navigate a new office world. “I would definitely try to argue for more of…

America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that has defied punishing inflation, chronic supply shortages, the Russian war against Ukraine and much higher borrowing costs. Last month’s hiring kept the unemployment rate at 3.6%, just above the lowest level in a half-century. Employers have added at least 400,000 jobs for 12 straight months. Still,...

Massachusetts has announced it will offer forms of relief to tens of thousands of people who were told they would have to pay back the unemployment benefits they received during the pandemic due to overpayments. Many who received such overpayments will now be eligible for a waiver to avoid paying back the funds. At the start of the pandemic, the…

Most of the third round of stimulus checks has been sent. But if you never received a payment or your circumstances have changed, you may be eligible for money.

Initial filings for unemployment insurance totaled 214,000 for the week ended March 12, better than the Dow Jones estimate for 220,000

Covid-19 pushed 4.7 million people in Southeast Asia into extreme poverty last year and erased 9.3 million jobs, the Asian Development Bank said.

The initial onset of Covid-19 sent shocks through U.S. markets in 2020. Here’s what investors can still take from that experience today.

Members pledge to reduce gender pay gaps by 60% in the group’s first year of operation.

Two years after the WHO declared Covid a pandemic, here are five charts that show much — or how little — the world has recovered.

Nkeki Obi-Melekwe, the star of Broadway’s “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” found new ways to make money and tap into her creative energy during the pandemic.

Wages grew by $0.01 an hour in February relative to January, a marked slowdown from recent months as employers aren’t competing as readily for talent.

The U.S. unemployment rate overall fell in February, but rose for Black women, who have been disproportionately affected during the pandemic.

Strong hiring in the leisure and hospitality, health-care and business services sectors helped job growth surge in February 2022.

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week reflecting a low level of layoffs across the economy