According to the digital edition of the Fall River Herald, there are still plenty of companies and businesses in the New Bedford and Fall River region struggling to find workers. As the date of the Pandemic Relief Aid’s expiration date is quickly approaching, those who have not been employed, and instead have continued to collect the federal government's $300 weekly “stipend” unemployment bonus check, are running out of time. The Pandemic Relief Aid program expires on Labor Day, September 6

So far more than two dozen states have already cut off the federally added benefit, which was part of the Biden administration's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan enacted in March. The U.S. Department of Labor reported over 940,000 new jobs in July

Massachusetts' unemployment rate for July remained at 4.9%, according to the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.