NJ economy

The state Department of Labor said it has started to review claims filed under the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation.

A hair salon in Morris County has set its own tentative reopening date, as its owners are getting frustrated by what they said is a lack of an action plan that involves them.

Nearly 1.1 million people in New Jersey who have been laid off or furloughed have filed claims for traditional unemployment benefits over the last eight weeks.

Hair salons, gyms and tattoo parlors are among the many small businesses feeling left behind as New Jersey takes baby steps forward during the pandemic.

“I am deeply concerned that we don’t have enough information flowing out of Trenton to answer the questions of the people,” Bramnick said.

Amid its record crush of unemployment claims during the COVID-19 pandemic, the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development saw its website go down for a number of hours Sunday.

The number of new jobless claims in the last five weeks in New Jersey nearly equals the number that had been filed in the 90 weeks prior to that combined.

The last Kmart store within the Jersey Shore region is set to shutter its doors, the company has announced, along with two more Sears stores in New Jersey.

Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration is reorganizing the state’s job training efforts in an effort to better align education programs with the talent needs of employers

New Jersey companies are getting skittish about the state’s business outlook, according to results from the New Jersey Business and Industry’s annual survey.