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Applications for U.S. jobless aid tick up to 287,000
The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, but remained at historically low levels that signal a strengthening job market.
Social Security in search of volunteer lawyers
The Social Security Administration has launched a pro bono pilot program in Maryland and is seeking attorneys to manage payments for Social Security beneficiaries who need help.
State health plan adds mandatory wellness program
State employees receiving government health benefits will be required to participate in a wellness program next year or pay a penalty.
Feds open new data center in western Maryland
The Social Security Administration is opening a new national data center near Frederick.
Unemployment rates rise in 24 states in August
Unemployment rates rose in nearly half of U.S. states in August, even as employers in two-thirds of the states added jobs.
Social Security resumes mailing benefit statements
The Social Security Administration has resumed mailing statements to workers letting them know the estimated benefits they will get when they retire.
U.S. job openings near 13-year high, hiring rises
The number of U.S. job openings remained near the highest level in 13 years in July, and companies also stepped up hiring that month to the fastest pace in nearly seven years, two signs the job market is slowly healing.
Noah Smith: Handouts raise unemployment? Not so fast
Are Americans working less because the government is paying them not to work? A large number of people seem to think this.
Mass jobless filing for laid-off casino workers
One of the region's largest mass-filings for unemployment and other benefits will begin next week for newly laid-off Atlantic City casino workers in an outreach effort so large it had to book part of the city's convention center.
Job gains bypassing many 25-to-34 year-olds
U.S. employers have gone on a hiring spree this year, but America's 25- to-34-year-olds are hardly among the biggest beneficiaries.
How states fared on unemployment benefit claims
Fewer people sought U.S. unemployment benefits last week, driving down the level of applications to nearly the lowest in seven years.
Unemployment rates fell in 20 U.S. states in May
Unemployment fell in 20 states last month and nearly three-quarters of the states added jobs, as the nation at large posted a fourth straight month of solid hiring.
