#unemployment

47% Of Employers Check Applicant Credit Reports – Here’s What You Can Do

11 November 2014

Go over your credit report and find anything inaccurate. A significant number of credit reports do contain significant errors, thanks to everything from sloppy clerks to identity theft. Notify the cre...

Hope for the Long-Term Unemployed

31 July 2014

If you’ve been out of work for 6 months or more, and you’ve gotten discouraged by the constant rejections, and have all but given up, take heart: The economy is showing signs of improvement....

Half of States Don’t Offer “Work-Sharing” Benefit to Ease Underemployment and Prevent Layoffs

08 May 2014

According to Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, some 7.4 million people are stuck involuntarily working part-time for economic reasons. That is, they simply cannot find full-time employment....

Battle Heats Up Once Again Over Extension of Unemployment Benefits

12 March 2014

Unemployment benefits expired at the end of 2013 for about 1.3 million workers, and thus far Congress hasn’t taken action to extend them. While normally unemployment benefits a function of state leg...

Feds Probe Florida Over Troubled Unemployment Benefits Website

22 January 2014

It seems pretty rich after the spectacular crash and burn of the HealthCare.gov rollout. But federal investigators recently ann...

Why Aren’t Corporations Investing and Expanding?

11 July 2013

By a variety of measures, America’s corporations are experiencing record profits over the last couple of years. Indeed, profits to corporations amounted to 1 2 3 4