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Unlike the just-expired $600-a-week jobless aid supplement, which was fully federally funded, the executive action that Trump signed on Saturday depends on states being able to fund 25%, or $100, of the aid.

Key industry groups urge the adoption of interim trade rules.

A California judge has denied Uber and Lyft's request for an extension of a 10-day stay following a ruling that drivers of the ride-hailing companies must be classified as employees instead of independent contractors.

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed U.S. companies to go bankrupt at a rate that could make 2020 the worst year for bankruptcies since 2010 during the fallout of the Great Recession, according to a new report from S&P Global.

The majority of the jobs lost as a result of the coronavirus pandemic were likely temporary, the Trump administration estimated.

The rural airline wants to award $250,000 in bonus money to its chief executive and other employees. 

Seven companies, part of Amazon's Delivery Service Partner program, announced in Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filings in New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania that they would be letting go 1,205 drivers as well as closing facilities.

Economists surveyed by Refinitiv expected 1.12 million new claims.

The comments were included in a legal complaint filed by an ex-SoulCycle employee suing over pregnancy discrimination.

San Francisco’s district attorney on Wednesday filed a preliminary injunction against food delivery firm DoorDash to reclassify its contractors as employees, days after a judge granted a similar request in a case against ride-hailing firms Uber and Lyft.

The Labor Department is expected to say the number of claims for unemployment benefits declined for a second straight week to 1.12 million

Daly said recent economic data suggests consumers are already starting to pull back on activities as their benefits shrinks and coronavirus infections rise

The measure authorizes an extra $400 in federal unemployment benefits – $100 of which will come from state budgets.