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The unemployment rate in hard-hit Buncombe County rose from 2.5% in September to 8.8% in October – a jump of more than 6%, according to data from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in North Carolina last week compared with the week prior.
North Carolina’s unemployment rate of 3.4% is virtually in the middle of all 50 states. The rate is slightly higher than those of neighboring states Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina.
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics.
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
The North Carolina Department of Labor is by law tasked with ensuring the "health, safety, and general well-being" of the state's workforce. [22] North Carolina's general statutes grant the commissioner of labor wide-ranging regulatory and enforcement powers. [ 23 ]
Jun. 28—RALEIGH — The state's seasonally adjusted May 2022 unemployment rate was 3.4 percent, remaining unchanged from April's revised rate. The national rate remained unchanged at 3.6 percent.
Disaster Unemployment Assistance offers up to 6 months of payments, much longer than North Carolina's regular maximum assistance of 12 weeks.