NJ economy

Starting Monday, Aug. 10, the Labor Department expands virtual services to its One-Stop Career Centers.

To date, The New Jersey Economic Development Authority says it's supported more than 10,000 small businesses, providing nearly $50 million to help them through grants and loans.

Leaders in communities that are home to New Jersey's biggest malls said they want to collect revenue and see more people return to work.

New Jersey has started down the road of reopening and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but how bumpy will the trip be?

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.