Service-sector jobs are coming back, but professionals who’ve been working from home are facing layoffs.

Traditionally, employers question big gaps in work history. But because of the pandemic, they may be more understanding.

Why various estimates of joblessness don’t seem to add up.

It’s evidence that the coronavirus keeps forcing companies to slash jobs just as the weekly federal jobless payment has expired.

The issue has big implications for workers’ access to safety net benefits that have become crucial during the pandemic.

Without federal unemployment benefits, “the economy tanks.”

There is no federal standard for unemployment benefits, so states create their own rules.

Federal government loans are helping some states continue paying jobless benefits, and some still feel the effects of the Great Recession.

If you’ve struggled to get through to the unemployment office, you should still be able to file and get weeks or months of back pay.

Yale research says there were a lot of reasons people did not go back to work that were more important, like lack of child care or the fear of getting COVID-19.