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Marlboro Diner owner Kara Petrou wears a mask waiting for customers to pick up Mother s Day curbside meals on May 10th in Marlboro. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
NEW JERSEY Beginning on Jan. 1, new laws will take effect in New Jersey in 2021 that will affect millions of Garden State workers and families.
The new laws reflect the major headlines and challenges of 2020. They re either born out of the coronavirus pandemic and the need to protect the economy. Or they tackle social justice following a year when millions took to the streets to march for racial justice.
N.J.’s unemployed workers wait to see if benefits will be extended as 17k more claims are filed
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
While Congress and President Donald Trump work out a stimulus deal that may include an extension of unemployment programs before they expire in a few days, more workers in New Jersey workers have filed for jobless benefits.
Another 17,611 claims were filed for the week ending in Dec. 19, the Labor Department announced Wednesday. It marks a 7.6% increase, or 1,243 more claims since the week prior, partially driven by a bump in claims from construction workers due to the storm that covered the state in snow.
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N.J.’s unemployment rate rises above 10% as state tops $20B in benefits paid out
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
New Jersey’s unemployment rate continues to climb, hitting double digits in November and marking the second month of rising joblessness while coronavirus cases are also surging.
The state’s November unemployment rate rose to 10.2%, the state Department of Labor announced. That’s up 2.2 points from October’s adjusted rate of 8.0% which preliminary numbers originally reported 8.2%.
While New Jersey’s rate rose, the national unemployment rate dropped slightly to 6.7% in November.
October’s New Jersey number was an increase from September’s 6.7% unemployment rate, according to Labor Department data.