If you lost a part-time job or your full-time job was reduced to part time, you may still qualify for benefits.
U.S. employers added 29,000 jobs and the national unemployment rate held ticked up to 4.2% in September, the Labor Department estimates.
Cherry-picking one data point from a monthly economic report is neither fair nor necessarily telling. But one statistic stood ...
Economists had taken a recent drop in Black unemployment as a hopeful sign that job gains were lifting a broad share of workers.
Applications for US unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to the lowest level since July, showing layoffs remain limited across the job market.
While the unemployment rate is relatively low, many job seekers are reporting that they have spent months applying for jobs.
The official numbers show that the U.S. job market has proven sturdy in the face of one shock after another – President ...