When an employee is laid off or fired, they can apply for unemployment insurance (UI) to help them get by while looking for another job. Whether or not that person receives benefits is up to the state ...

Unemployment structures are crucial to stabilizing the economy and supporting the workers when they lose their jobs.

It sounds like a good problem to have: receiving more than expected in your state’s weekly jobless benefit check. But experts say a state overpaying your unemployment insurance (UI) could turn out to ...

A surge of unemployment insurance applications during the pandemic overwhelmed state offices. (Lev Radin/Shutterstock) State UI agencies have begun addressing an array of technical shortcomings, but ...

Wisconsin residents who receive federal disability benefits and also work will no longer be denied unemployment compensation if they get laid off under a federal court order issued this week. The ...