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Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 207,000 for the week ended Jan. 25, the Labor Department said on Thursday.
In April 2020, Hill received "significant backlash" [19] for telling a woman who had recently lost her job due to coronavirus that she "shouldn't ask for government permission" [20] to go back to work when the woman asked Hill for assistance with applying for unemployment insurance. [21] Hill's response was called "callous" in local media. [22]
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.
Research shows that the major metropolitan areas between Pensacola and Panama City lost around $150 million combined per month in the months of June, July, August and September 2010. Bear in mind that 2010 was the tail end of the recession, so unemployment was already up to 10%. That summer, businesses reported 50%-80% drops in revenue. [14]
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Federal workers can apply for unemployment compensation for federal employees (UCFE), which is administered by the states and the same as regular unemployment insurance benefits, the Department of ...
Unemployment has risen half a percent in the U.S. over the last year, hitting 4.2% in November 2024. With the rise of AI and other disruptive technologies, more and more workers are concerned ...
By September 2005, Louisiana had an unemployment rate of 11.8%, up from 5.8% a month prior. Over the same period, Mississippi's unemployment rate reached 9.4%, up from 7.4%. [ 101 ] In the five counties that make up the Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area , the unemployment rate reached 24.3%. [ 102 ]