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Today the Department of Labor administers the state's workforce programs, including unemployment insurance benefits and employment services, and carries out the requirements of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998, an initiative designed to promote employment opportunities and job training using federal funds.
If you've recently lost your job in Georgia, you may be eligible for Georgia Unemployment Insurance benefits. This is a guide to filing your claim for Georgia unemployment benefits. Since each ...
Recruitment and technical services for employers; Work tests for the state unemployment compensation system, and; Referral of unemployment insurance claimants to other federal workforce development resources; Labor exchange services are provided via three tiers of service delivery: Self-service—typically electronic databases of job openings
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.
Georgia’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.1% in April for the fourth month in a row, even as several jobs categories reached all-time highs, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday.
Georgia’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.4% in November for the third month in a row, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. Several categories again reached record highs ...
The Financial Services Forum, through its 2008 white paper "Succeeding in the Global Economy: An Adjustment Assistance Program for American Workers," proposes to combine the UI and TAA programs into a single integrated program for all displaced workers who qualify for UI no matter the reason of displacement [32] The program includes: wage ...
The Federal Unemployment Tax Act (or FUTA, I.R.C. ch. 23) is a United States federal law that imposes a federal employer tax used to help fund state workforce agencies. Employers report this tax by filing Internal Revenue Service Form 940 annually.