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There has been an uptick in fraudulent third-party websites and scams surrounding unemployment benefits, according to Massachusetts officials. The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development are warning people who are looking for information on unemployment benefits or trying to access their online accounts to be careful. According to the AG’s office, claimants...

Analysts expect a faster pace than the first quarter, but it comes off a low base due to the lockdowns in Shanghai in April and May last year.

Top lawmakers are scrambling to figure out how much money, if any, the state might be on the hook for after auditors learned that the Baker administration erroneously spent $2.5 billion in federal funds on jobless benefits that should have been covered by state money during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s too early to speculate whether the misuse of the $2.5…

President Joe Biden keeps seeing good economic news and bad public approval ratings.

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

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…