unemployment

The April U.S. jobs report was an unexpected clunker. Economists had predicted a second month of nearly 1 million added jobs.

Thousands of New York residents got something in the mail on Friday that they were not looking forward to.

The March increase in numbers was that largest in several months.

New York state is getting help from Google to overhaul a decades-old unemployment benefits system that has left laid-off workers frustrated and awaiting help.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in nearly half a century.

Hiring tumbled in February as U.S. employers added just 20,000 jobs, the fewest in nearly a year and a half.

After more than a week of backlash, Walmart is pledging to make "every effort" to find other roles for disabled workers who'd accused the retailer of targeting them as it prepares to eliminate the "people greeter" job at 1,000 stores.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but remains at levels low enough to show that most workers enjoy job security.

New York officials say the state's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level on record, dipping to 4 percent for the first time in 30 years.

Asia Thomas knew she was at a disadvantage. It had been 16 years since she quit a job at McDonald's to raise her kids. When she left, restaurants didn't have kiosks to take orders, people didn't use smartphones to pay, and job seekers did applications on paper.