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Senate unanimously passes Scutari resolution demanding governor address unemployment backlog

March 3, 2022   5:31 pmMarch 3, 2022   6:41 pm
The State Senate today unanimously approved a resolution by Senate President Nicholas Scutari and State Sen. Fred Madden (D-Washington) calling on Gov. Phil Murphy to “take all measures necessary” to address the backlog of unemployment claims and reopen in-person One...
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Department of Labor accepting certifications for supplemental FEMA unemployment payments

October 8, 2020   3:40 pmOctober 8, 2020   11:24 pm
The Department of Labor and Workforce development began accepting certifications for $300 supplemental unemployment payments made available to certain workers through FEMA’s Lost Wages Assistance program Thursday. “Our overarching concern is for New Jerseyans whose lives have been upended by the pandemic...
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State saw 20,000 new unemployment claims last week

September 3, 2020   11:45 am
Another 20,176 New Jerseyans filed for unemployment last week, a number almost exactly unchanged from the prior week’s figures. The new applications bring the state’s total number of unemployment claims to about 1.54 million, 1.35 million of whom have qualified...
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New unemployment applications drop by 41%

August 6, 2020   10:08 am
New unemployment applications dropped by 41% last week, marking the smallest number of new weekly claims since mid-March, the Department of Labor announced Thursday. Last week, 16,537 New Jersey residents filed initial unemployment claims. That number was 28,063 the week...
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State unemployment hits worst spike since early May

July 9, 2020   10:33 am
More than 47,000 New Jerseyans filed for unemployment benefits last week, marking the biggest jump in claims since 70,000 claims were filed in a week in early May. “The number of people in need is staggering. We’ve had 1.35 million applicants since mid March; 1.2...
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Another 140,000 New Jerseyans filed for unemployment

April 23, 2020   10:26 am
A little more than 140,000 New Jerseyans filed unemployment claims last week as the COVID-19 crisis continued to hammer the state’s economy. More than 858,000 workers have filed unemployment claims since a mid-march claims surge shattered previous unemployment records. “Our...
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Labor Department moves to meet unemployment demand

April 14, 2020   3:37 pm
New Jersey is taking steps to make sure its unemployment claims system can weather the surge of applications caused by the COVID-19 crisis. More than 575,000 New Jerseyans filed for unemployment during a three-week period starting March 15, and the...
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