unemployment

The state Labor Department reports Jersey's jobless rate held steady at 9 percent in February, for the third month in a row. But there's some good news to report.

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New Jersey’s unemployment rate remains at 9 percent, but 87 hundred new non-farm jobs were created last month– the 6th month in a row the figure has gone up.

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New Jersey added tens of thousands of new private sector jobs last year, but new figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show New Jersey employers sent more workers to the unemployment line in 2011 via "mass layoff."

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New Jersey employers took 585 mass layoff actions in 2011, the second-highest total in the history of the report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Adding to signs that the job market is strengthening, the Labor Department says fewer folks in New Jersey and nationwide are seeking unemployment benefits. 

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Today, the full Assembly is scheduled to vote on a measure that would require employer notification when relocating call center services to a foreign country, and would bar employers who move these type of operations from benefiting from financial resources from the state.

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Legislation advanced Thursday by the Assembly Labor Committee aims to spur job growth in the Garden State.

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Legislation to spur job growth by providing bonus awards to certain businesses who hire people unemployed for more than 13 weeks was released 6-2-1 Thursday by an Assembly panel.

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Many see this as a positive in the jobs recovery effort: the number of workers quitting to take a new job is on the rise.

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It's certainly a sign of the times. Parents helping their adult children purchase cars and homes due to a weak economy, high unemployment rate and rising taxes.

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