
Employment
Unemployment in the year of COVID
As we continue our series on how the pandemic has reshaped work in America, we'll discuss joblessness and unemployment over the course of the pandemic.
Air Date: February 19, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Huge drop in federal aid for the poorest is blamed on closed Social Security offices
New data show that the number of new SSI awards given in January was the lowest on record — but it wasn't because there were fewer people in need of the benefits.
1 week ago
Minimum wage hike a priority for Delaware’s Poor People’s Campaign
A leader of Delaware’s chapter in the national movement says having Joe Biden in the White House can help make his state a model for America.
2 weeks ago
Listen 1:46Child welfare nonprofits in Philly call for teachers to return to classrooms
The coalition argues that schools can be reopened safely this month, but teachers must heed the district’s call to return in order to begin that process.
3 weeks ago
US employers add just 49K jobs as unemployment falls to 6.3%
Friday's figures reflect a faltering job market, slowed by a pandemic that is still causing consumers to avoid traveling, shopping and dining out.
3 weeks ago
Upper Darby and the township workers union are at odds over a no-layoff clause
The union represents the township’s sanitation workers and animal control, parking enforcement, and other non-first responder uniformed employees.
3 weeks ago
Who gets paid more than $200,000 at a part-time job? Some former SEPTA managers
The positions are just a sliver of SEPTA’s 9,400-strong workforce, but the handful of part-timers collectively cost the agency about $1 million a year.
3 weeks ago
Biden forges ahead on relief bill without GOP, but signals checks could be targeted
The president told House Democrats he would not back down from providing $1,400 payments in the package, but suggests checks could be targeted, a proposal Republicans pushed.
4 weeks ago
Stress, delays, and confusion still plague jobless in Pa., and January brought little relief
Pandemic unemployment benefits are a lifeline for over 400,000 in Pa. who don’t qualify for traditional unemployment. But payments stalled this year and people are struggling.
4 weeks ago
Delays and glitches with latest stimulus have slowed relief to Pa.’s unemployed
Some problems stem from a lag between when the first pandemic stimulus funds expired and the time it took to get the second relief package up and running.
1 month ago
Pa. unemployment update: How gig workers can file for benefits and get the extra $300
Known as PUA, the 11-week compensation program can be backdated to the beginning of January.
1 month ago
In first days, Biden flashes action as deep problems loom
The coronavirus pandemic surges, the economy teeters and Republicans in Congress have signaled objections to many of Biden’s plans.
1 month ago
Philly teachers union wants all staff vaccinated before students return to school
In a letter obtained by WHYY, the union president said it would be “foolish” to reopen schools before all staff are vaccinated.
1 month ago