Unemployment data released on Friday was not warmly greeted by millions of Americans. The overall unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3% in August, up from 4.2% in July. And just 22,000 jobs were added ...

As the unemployment rate ticks up both nationally and locally, some industry experts expressed concern while another noted it represents more of a return to “normal.” Nationally, the unemployment rate ...

The Labor Department is planning to require states to hand over sensitive unemployment information in the name of fighting fraud. The plan, detailed in a notice of proposed rulemaking issued on Friday ...

While the government is shut down, the BLS is no longer reporting unemployment data. However, alternatives exist that we can watch in the meantime. These alternatives are mixed but are overall ...