New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development

All 27 Boston Market locations in New Jersey have been cleared to reopen after hundreds of workers received back pay.

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The unemployment rate is currently 3.3%, its lowest figure in the state since June 2019 and two-tenths lower than the national average.

Preliminary numbers show that after no change in June, the unemployment rate in New Jersey ticked down two-tenths of a percentage point to 3.7% in July, according to information released by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development on Thursday.

The pilot program does not apply to select employees of the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development and Motor Vehicle Commission who specialize in in-person services.

Eighty-eight weeks of unemployment benefits triggered by the >coronavirus pandemic are coming to a close.

But the statewide unemployment rate increased by a tenth of a point over June's revised number to 7.3%, nearly two points higher than the national figure of 5.4%.

Since last March, more than 2.1 million residents have filed for unemployment benefits. More than 266,000 are considered long-term unemployed, meaning they have been collecting for more than a year.