Covering the latest news on New Jersey unemployment such as trouble filing claims and closed unemployment offices.
NJ unemployment
Time to stop paying people to stay home
Bill says there are, "more jobs available than people willing to take them."
Murphy using higher unemployment to force businesses to pay more (Opinion)
Trev thinks it's possible that Murphy is using these increased benefits to force business owners to pay wages that they can't afford.
Incentives to work and get vaccinated
Are enhanced unemployment benefits causing a worker shortage in NJ?
Will 2016 be another bad year for NJ’s economy? Some troubling signs
A big drop in private sector jobs has the experts worried.
Government pays NJ businesses to hire chronically unemployed workers
Despite their qualifications, it can be hard for older, unemployed workers to land new jobs.
NJ Wealth Index is rising
The latest RegentAtlantic New Jersey Wealth Index, which measures the health of wealth in the Garden State during the second quarter of 2014, shows slow improvement is continuing.
NJ's Jobless Rate Improves
New Jersey's unemployment rate continues to show improvement. According to data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, New Jersey's jobless rate fell to 9.3 percent for the month of February, down by 0.2 percentage points from January's rate.