When an employee is laid off or fired, they can apply for unemployment insurance (UI) to help them get by while looking for another job. Whether or not that person receives benefits is up to the state ...

Sign on the door of the Dane County Job Center in Madison, Wisconsin. (Wisconsin Examiner photo) Unemployed Wisconsinites could lose a week’s jobless benefits if they don’t show up for an interview if ...

Paul Toomey is the President of Geographic Solutions. He's an expert in labor market data, workforce development and unemployment insurance. The pandemic exposed a significant weakness in the outdated ...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders are negotiating proposals aimed at unburdening employers from a pandemic-era debt to the federal government for unemployment benefits, which is also ...