New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
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NJ Labor Department expects to make up to $1.5B in FEMA payments to eligible workers
NEW JERSEY – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced Thursday that more than 800,000 workers who were…
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NJ Labor Department has distributed $16.2B in unemployment benefits in less than 7 months
NEW JERSEY – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has dispensed $16.2 billion in unemployment benefits to jobless…
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Minimum wage going up to $12 an hour for most employees on Jan. 1, 2021
NEW JERSEY – New Jersey’s minimum hourly wage will go up by $1 to $12 per hour, for most employees,…
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Weekly unemployment claims jump 25% as pandemic pushes benefits applications past 1.6M
NEW JERSEY – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) received 24,663* initial unemployment claims last week, a 25 percent…
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New Jersey weekly unemployment claims drop to below 20K
NEW JERSEY – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) received 19,636* initial unemployment claims last week, a nearly 14 percent decline over the…
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New unemployment claims tick up slightly to 22,700 last week
NEW JERSEY – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) received 22,703* new unemployment claims last week,…
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Weekly jobless claims hold steady at 20K
NEW JERSEY – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development received roughly 20,000 new unemployment claims last week,…
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Weekly unemployment compensation plummets after federal supplement expires
NEW JERSEY – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development paid out $316 million in unemployment benefits for the…
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New Jersey applies for lost wages assistance funds
NEW JERSEY – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development submitted an application Wednesday to the Federal Emergency…
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Unemployment payments to New Jersey workers top $14B
NEW JERSEY – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has distributed $14.1 billion in unemployment benefits and…
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