Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced details Thursday for the initial implementation of federal unemployment benefits in the CARES Act, the federal based coronavirus relief package that was ...

On Thursday, April 9, 2020, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s administration announced the partial implementation of unemployment benefits in accordance with the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, ...

Editor’s note: The following commentary was written by leaders of business groups in Massachusetts,, including Diana Szynal, president of the Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce; Rick Sullivan, ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD) will be implementing a multi-phase plan to update the unemployment insurance (UI) system. The project is expected to ...

Massachusetts is boosting the maximum period for collecting jobless benefits to 30 weeks — a move that will strain the state’s unemployment trust fund, which is quickly running low on money. The ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The package also includes $500 million in bonuses to both ...

Starting this week, Massachusetts residents filing new claims for unemployment benefits will be eligible for a shorter period of time than at any point since the start of the pandemic. The maximum ...

BOSTON, Mass. (WWLP)– The Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) has released information about the impact of a national unemployment fraud scam on Massachusetts claimants. The ...

Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo is the latest lawmaker to ask state officials to make the online unemployment application available in multiple languages, as attorneys, advocates and unions ...

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio on Friday announced an audit of the state’s Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA). The audit will look into the agency’s “financial integrity” after the revelation ...