The DOL report for the week ending Nov. 15 shows there was a sharp decrease in the number of first-time unemployment claims ...

An estimated 4,981 first-time unemployment claims were filed last week in Florida, according to the first claims report ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Florida dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 5,590 ...

U.S. jobless claims rose last week but didn’t spike, according to investment banks crunching state-level data. Citi estimated first-time claims rose to 229,000 in the week ending Nov. 1 from 220,000, ...

For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila-Thomas has been trying in vain to get approved for unemployment compensation to help cover essentials such as food and mortgage ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits increased last week, economists estimated on Thursday, and more people were collecting unemployment ...