unemployment

A new report finds the practice is widespread and it may be growing

Rutgers' New Start Career Network, which serves New Jerseyans age 45 and older who have been jobless, but looking for work, for six-plus months, is partnering with a UK group to help these jobseekers cope with the emotional fallout of unemployment.

As construction accelerates, shortages of skilled trades workers have become more and more apparent.

New Jersey's unemployment rate increased for the fifth month in a row in July to 5.2 percent. But the news was not all bad.

The Mental Health Association in New Jersey has a 35 percent success rate in helping people gain employment through this event.

The unemployment rate now stands at 4.3 percent, but don't expect the state unemployment rate to drop much lower.

With the national economy continuing to improve, a growing number of states have started reducing the amount of unemployment benefits their residents can receive.

Too many people are waiting too long to get their unemployment insurance benefits according to State Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Trenton).

New Jersey has still not recovered all of the jobs lost during the great recession, but the latest figures released Thursday by the Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development revealed the state is moving in the right direction, albeit slowly. The state added almost 5,000 jobs in September cutting the unemployment rate to its lowest level since Gov. Chris Christie first took office after being elected in November of 2009.

It's very rare for good news to come out of a hearing on the New Jersey state budget, but that's what happened Thursday when New Jersey's labor commissioner testified before the Senate Budget Committee.