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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.
All of the states bordering Illinois have lower minimum wages and lower unemployment rates. Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Wisconsin have a $7.25 minimum wage. Missouri’s minimum wage is $12.30 per ...
U.S. unemployment claims rose to 214,000 last week, up 25,000 claims from 189,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis. Wisconsin saw the largest percentage increase in weekly claims ...
(The Center Square) – Unemployment rates dropped in 10 of Wisconsin’s 12 metropolitan areas for October from September while all 12 areas saw year over year unemployment declines. Twenty-three ...
The Employment and Training Division works to produce and administer programs to help Wisconsin's workforce learn and train for jobs in demand, and help employers find and maintain the workforce they need. Services are provided through the Wisconsin Job Center website and a network of public-private partnerships and job centers. [2]
The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) is the code department [1] [2] of the Illinois state government that administers state unemployment benefits, runs the employment service and Illinois Job Bank, and publishes labor market information. [3] As of 12 January 2015, Jeffrey D. Mays was the Director of Employment Security. [4]
Wisconsin saw the unemployment rate rise in 60 of its 72 counties in November while rates decreased or stayed the same over the year in 63 counties. Madison (2.0%), DePere (2.1%), Muskego (2.1% ...
(The Center Square) – Unemployment in Illinois climbed to 5.3% in October, making the state home to the third highest jobless rate in the country. All told, some 346,000 residents were left ...