Patent application articles
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US Applications For Jobless Benefits Fall As Labor Market Continues To Thrive
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remained historically low despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to loosen the labor market. Jobless claims for the week ending May 18 fell by 8,000 to 215,000, down from 223,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims, […]
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US Applications For Jobless Benefits Fall As Labor Market Continues To Thrive
(Associated Press) – The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remained
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Durkan criticises ‘barrier laden’ Irish passport process for NI applicants
The current criteria, which includes discrepancies around acceptable forms of photographic identifications, placed additional barriers on applicants from the North which do not apply to those in the South. Mr Durkan has written to Tánaiste and Irish Minister for the Department of Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin to address concerns and to renew calls for a passport office based in the North. Raising the matter at Stormont earlier this week during Members’ Statements, Mr Durkan said: “We know that...