Unemployment registrations are on the rise again, to 1.1 million

Weekly jobless claims are on the rise last week in the United States, rising above the million mark, according to figures released Thursday by the Department of Labor. From August 9 to 15, 1.1 million people registered as unemployed. This is more than expected by analysts, who were counting on 990,000 new requests. The previous … Read more

The US economy created 4.8 million jobs in June, a record

The US economy created 4.8 million jobs in June – a record for a month – thanks to the reopening of shops, bars and restaurants, which has led to a more substantial drop in unemployment than expected, announced Thursday the Labor Department. The unemployment rate stood at 11.1% compared to 13.3% in May. Analysts expected … Read more

Job Announces Increase In Unemployment Benefit Since Mid-July

The Secretary of Labor Carlos Rivera Santiago announced Wednesday that the unemployment insurance benefit will increase from $ 190 to $ 240 weekly starting in mid-July. According to the official, this represents an increase of $ 50 that will benefit 406,639 citizens in Puerto Rico. This increase occurs thanks to the signing of Law 167 … Read more

Puerto Rico is the second jurisdiction with the highest unemployment rate

With 20.6, Puerto Rico has the second rate of unemployment insured (that is, people receiving unemployment insurance) highest in the United States, second only to the state of Nevada, with 22.6. This was revealed by the statistics released yesterday by the Federal Department of Labor (DOL, in English). In those statistics, Puerto Rico and Nevada … Read more

Governor presents a budget full of promises, and clashes with the Board Attorney

In a message offered to just 13 days of the start of the next fiscal year, the governor Wanda Vazquez submitted a budget proposal that raises spending in areas such as health, education and public safety and promises many additional benefits for public employees, despite the fact that promised to reduce by $145 million the … Read more

Unemployment checks delayed due to address problems

The first time María González applied for unemployment, she was denied because she was not a regular employee. The second time, this time under the system established for those who were self-employed, they told him that there was a controversial point because he did not present a document that he was never asked for. When … Read more

Briseida Torres resigns as Secretary of Labor

The secretary of the Department of Labor, Briseida Torres, resigned immediately on Tuesday amid the avalanche of applications for unemployment benefits and criticism for her response to the crisis caused by the COVID-19. His resignation comes after a meeting he held this afternoon with the governor Wanda Vázquez Garced in La Fortaleza and, according to … Read more

Labor Department announces program that extends unemployment benefit

The Department of labor and human resources (DTRH) announced today, Saturday, that the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program, which provides up to 13 additional weeks of benefits for individuals who exhaust all their benefits, will take effect starting next Monday. rights under Unemployment Insurance. Secretary Briseida Torres Reyes indicated in a press release that … Read more

Secretary of Labor corrects number of people working PUA applications

The secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources (DTRH), Briseida Torres, reported that nearly half of the agency’s employees, 250 people, work with applications for the pandemic unemployment program (PUA). ), this after Governor Wanda Vázquez indicated today that the number of officials assigned to that work amounted to 500. The agency Cybernews … Read more

More than 320,000 people out of work in Puerto Rico due to the coronavirus

The unemployment figure in Puerto Rico because of coronavirus amounts to 238,934, according to information provided by the Department of Labor and Human Resources (DTRH) to the Department of Federal job. Added to this number are the 90,000 people who have applied for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program (PUA) and who are waiting for the … Read more