A former Georgia state lawmaker, who allegedly lied to collect pandemic unemployment benefits she was not entitled to receive ...

The longtime Democratic legislator is also accused of failing to disclose an additional weekly paycheck of $905 she allegedly ...

Former state Rep. Karen Bennett, a Democrat from Stone Mountain, is facing a federal charge of making false statements, ...

As America prepares to celebrate Labor Day, it’s timely to wonder what the US Department of Labor (DOL) has been up to. One noteworthy recent action was DOL’s August 21 release of a report on improper ...

Attorney Tom Fisher, counsel for Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio's partner Matthew Topasna, is suggesting a trial in the Pandemic ...

Seven people, including members of Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio’s immediate family, were indicted in an alleged Pandemic ...

The nation's 59 million self-employed workers got a lifeline last year when lawmakers created the first-ever program that extended jobless benefits to this growing group of workers. But that program, ...

One of the first programs Congress created to assist Americans thrown out of work by the pandemic was the unprecedented Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. PUA expanded unemployment ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- It took more than a month-and-a-half to get Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program benefit payments into the pockets of Illinoisans who desperately needed the money, making the ...

Since the pandemic, many workers have faced a difficult choice: taking a job that may increase their risk of exposure to the coronavirus or turning down income they may need to cover the bills. Those ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Economic support has finally arrived in California for the millions of self-employed, freelance and gig economy workers in California, many of whom have lost work or wages in ...