The nation's 59 million self-employed workers got a lifeline last year when lawmakers created the first-ever program that extended jobless benefits to this growing group of workers. But that program, ...

As America prepares to celebrate Labor Day, it’s timely to wonder what the US Department of Labor (DOL) has been up to. One noteworthy recent action was DOL’s August 21 release of a report on improper ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WDTN) – Approximately 5,000 people are now eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance after the Department of Labor updated its list of eligibility scenarios. The federal PUA ...

CINCINNATI — Four people are facing charges, including a former Ohio Department of Job & Family Services employee, for allegedly defrauding the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, ...

An audit released on June 16 of the Illinois Department of Employment Security found that half of federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits the agency paid out during the height of the ...

The New Hampshire lawsuit focuses on one federal pandemic program, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, or PUA. New Hampshire joined a growing number of states where unemployed workers are filing ...

Over 2 million Ohioans recently received letters from the state Department of Job and Family Services announcing the end of a federal unemployment program they supposedly used during the pandemic. One ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- It took more than a month-and-a-half to get Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program benefit payments into the pockets of Illinoisans who desperately needed the money, making the ...

Attorney Louie Yanza, who represents Tina Sanchez, one of seven defendants charged in a Pandemic Unemployment Assistance fraud case, estimates he's only reviewed about 39% of discovery.

Three Columbus-area women, including a mother and daughter, are among 15 people who have been indicted by a grand jury in connection with a sprawling COVID-19 unemployment assistance scheme that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about state and local government taxes and spending. Sep 09, 2021, 10:39am EDT Sep 09, 2021, 11:10am EDT This article is ...