unemployment

State Senate President Steve Sweeney is introducing a bill that would give small businesses a big tax credit for hiring someone who's been unemployed for at least a month - in many cases, up to 3 thousand dollars a year.

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State Senator Ray Lesniak and Assembly members Joe Cryan and Annette Quijano are blasting the Christie Administration over a backlog for out-of-work New Jerseyans appealing the denial of unemployment benefits.

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Atlantic City is known for its opulent casinos, world class entertainment, and high end shopping. However the reality of the city is much different for residents living only blocks outside of the Tourism District-many of who find themselves struggling to find employment.

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The U.S. economic recovery hasn't felt much like one even for people who managed to find new jobs after being laid off. Most of them have had to settle for less pay.

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New Jersey is on pace to create more jobs in 2012 than in any year since 2000, but the state's unemployment rate is still near 10%. How does this make sense?

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Although the real numbers of unemployment are quite vague, do you think we're in the midst of a New Jersey comeback?

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Governor Chris Christie continues to tout the "New Jersey Comeback." Democrats continue to blast Christie saying it's more like the state is in the middle of an ongoing setback. Is Christie right or are the Democrats the ones telling it like it is?

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Preliminary numbers released today by the State Department of Labor and Workforce Development show that employment in New Jersey shifted lower in July and the unemployment rate edged upward.

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Tomorrow, the state will release the unemployment figures for July. New Jersey's jobless rate has outpaced the national average for months and analysts expect that to be the case for last month as well.

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Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno on Tuesday joined members of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development to unveil the OnRamp service for employers, a new internet tool at Jobs4Jersey.com.

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