The most immediate impact of the bill would be felt in states that currently offer fewer than 26 weeks of unemployment benefits. According to the bill text, states would be required to raise their ...

AUD/USD weakens further alongside the rest of its risk-linked peers, breaching below the 0.7000 support and exposing extra ...

Benefits vary based on state, including the maximum amount a person can earn each week and how many weeks they get payments.

April 3 is also the cut-off for people affected by the October 2025 West Coast storms to apply for state and federal ...

Laid-off Americans now wait 21 weeks for a new job. Many accept $17,000 salary cuts. Lost health insurance adds $6,720 yearly ...

So, beyond the spin, reality reveals a shakier labour market with weaker-than-claimed job growth, millions stuck in underemployment, and Trump’s tariffs and the looming CUSMA review, which threaten to ...

ASX eyes fourth consecutive gain as investors overlook jobs data; Zip hit by debt, margins; Hub24 lifts FY27 target; June rate rise priced in; Rio Tinto results to come. Follow live.

Ministers could ditch Labour’s manifesto pledge to pay 18 to 20-year-olds the same National Minimum Wage as older workers amid record-high youth unemployment.

The government may drop its manifesto pledge to ditch "discretionary age bands" and align the minimum wage across age ...

Some business leaders say minimum wage increases are making it too expensive for them to hire young people - but unions say it is unfair that the young can be paid less for doing the same job as older ...

Unemployment rate improves to 31.4%; Parly Saps investigation committee’s deadline extended to March; And, AfriForum serves summons on govt over controversial NHI Act ...

The South African rand extended its losses on Tuesday, with a stronger dollar outweighing a modest improvement in domestic jobs data reported by the national statistics agency earlier in the day.