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 must pay the federal government $2.1 billion over the next 10 years to resolve a debt after the state under former GOP Gov. Charlie Baker's administration mistakenly used federal ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- Anyone seeking unemployment benefits in Massachusetts will soon have to show they are actively searching for a job. The Baker Administration announced Thursday that starting the week ...

BOSTON (NEWS10/WWLP) — Massachusetts will reinstate work search requirements for people receiving unemployment benefits beginning June 15. Unemployment insurance claimants will no longer be able to ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Fraudulent filings for state unemployment insurance aid in Massachusetts could be distorting U.S. weekly unemployment claims data, economists warned on Wednesday, making ...

Last week, when national figures showed a significant uptick in new claims for unemployment insurance benefits, some analysts took it as a sign that higher interest rates were finally cooling the ...