The Labor Department’s report Friday also showed that the unemployment rate dropped from 4% to 3.8%.
Congress will be revisiting this issue in December.
Adjustments in California were largely responsible for last week’s increase in filings.
The rules mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly.
The number of people who reported they had jobs surged by 1 million, pushing the jobless rate down from 5.9% in June. Last month, 261,000 people returned to the job market.
That’s even while the economy and job market appear to be rebounding.
That burst of hiring is well above the average of the previous three months.
It’s the lowest level since the pandemic struck last year.
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The Labor Department said Thursday that jobless claims declined just 7,000 from the previous week to 411,000.
