Unemployment Benefits, Laid-off Workers | featured news

The number of newly laid-off workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week, evidence that layoffs are continuing and jobs remain scarce.

Analysts had expected an increase. The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped unexpectedly last week, the Labor Department reported today, a sign the job market is healing as the economy slowly recovers.

The tally of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly for the fifth straight week, a hopeful sign that the job market is slowly improving....

The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week to the lowest level in over a year.

About one million laid-off workers will see their benefits end in January unless federally paid extensions get renewed.