Articles filed under Unemployment
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Jobless claims and depressed economy show damage from virusJun 25, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of laid-off workers seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dipped only slightly last week, and the economy shrank in the first three months of t...
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Liz Weston: When parents are the emergency fundJun 21, 2020 6:00 am - Financial fallout from the pandemic is hitting millennials hard — and many will soon turn to their parents for help, if they haven't already. Before parents ride to the ...
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The unluckiest generation in U.S. historyJun 14, 2020 6:17 am - After accounting for the present crisis, the average millennial has experienced slower economic growth since entering the workforce than any other generation in U.S. his...
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These state programs offer a path to rehire U.S. workersJun 14, 2020 6:15 am - Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream put the scoops away, locked its doors and laid off all but four of the 100 employees at its Seattle-area shops in March when the coronavi...
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With no child care or summer camps, women are edged out of the workforceMay 31, 2020 6:22 am - If day cares closed because of the novel coronavirus, Aimee Rae Hannaford expected her family to fare better than most. She worked full time as the chief executive of a ...
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Salaries get chopped for many Americans who manage to keep jobsMay 30, 2020 6:08 am - Companies across the U.S. are cutting salaries as they fight to survive the coronavirus, upending a key assumption in modern economics and raising another hurdle to rapi...
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Women have been hit hardest by job losses in the pandemic. And it may only get worse.May 16, 2020 6:22 am - The last time Americans faced an economic crisis, it was called a "Mancession." As millions of people lost their jobs in the Great Recession, 70 percent were men, many i...
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Millennial Money: Still employed? Focus on savings and debtMay 10, 2020 6:19 am - The coronavirus pandemic has thrown tens of millions of people into financial turmoil. But not everyone is feeling the pinch. Not yet, at least. Roughly a quarter of Ame...
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Analysis: Here's what to do before you lose your jobMay 09, 2020 6:11 am - The most severe job losses may have already happened, but that doesn't mean more employees won't be getting "the call" from HR. The first phase of layoffs hit front-line...
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Another 74,000 file first-time unemployment claims in IllinoisMay 07, 2020 1:00 am - Another 3.2 million Americans filed for unemployment during the week ending May 2, including more than 74,476 Illinoisans. That brought the total number of insured unemp...