Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about emerging employment structures, policy and law. In the first days of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits in January ...

The drop in unemployment claims is good news, but other indicators show that few jobs have been created over the past few ...

Despite keeping tens of millions of Americans afloat during the pandemic, expanded unemployment insurance (UI) only reached 41% of unemployed workers according to Professor Eliza Forsythe of the ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-23-106586) entitled "Unemployment Insurance - DOL Needs to Address Substantial Pandemic UI Fraud and Reduce ...

The increase in unemployment funding would include $150 million for program integrity efforts including identity verification services for states. The Biden administration is looking for $3.4 billion ...

The Senate remained at a standstill while Democrats worked out the bugs. After a nearly 12 hour stall, the Democratic unemployment insurance agreement passed on a party line vote of 50-49. The ...

The massive expansion in unemployment insurance (UI) benefits—including super-sized bonuses and minimal eligibility confirmations—may be the most flawed, wasteful, and even damaging component of the ...

The state is dead last again — this time with unemployment insurance tax rates paid by businesses giving the old “Taxachusetts” label new life. This means businesses — small and large — face the ...

Minnesota DEED has responded to the Labor Department's "targeted review" of the state's unemployment insurance program.

The University of Iowa’s undergraduate insurance degree program has only been around a year, and it’s already being named among the top ten such programs in the country. Martin Grace, who heads the UI ...