You are viewing the "unemployment" Archives
Ohio Valley Economic Outlook Grim As COVID Aid Programs End
WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — With hundreds of thousands across the Ohio Valley struggling to make ends meet, a suite of coronavirus aid packages, including rent and utility relief funding, eviction… Read More
12 Million To Lose Jobless Benefits The Day After Christmas Unless Congress Acts
By: Chris Arnold | NPR
Posted on:
If Congress doesn’t compromise and pass another relief bill, a new study finds a staggering number of Americans will lose a critical financial lifeline as the pandemic worsens.
‘I’m Still Unemployed’: Millions In Dire Situation As Savings Start To Run Out
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
Posted on:
Many unemployed Americans have been tapping into their savings to pay bills. But those savings are going fast, and hopes for a new round of pandemic relief before the election are fading.
Changes Being Made To Make Filing For Unemployment Easier
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Since the pandemic began in March, Ohio paid 821,000 regular unemployment claims and 608,000 for federally funded Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to people who don’t normally qualify for jobless benefits. At… Read More
Auditor Will Look Into Unemployment Application Process Under New Law
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A new law that sends $650 million in federal CARES Act money to Ohio communities to help with pandemic-related costs also includes a potential overhaul… Read More
Pandemic Has Many Turning To Legal Aid Lawyers For Help
By: David Forster
Posted on:
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Three weeks ago, Jason walked out of a Marietta courtroom under orders to move out of his home. He, his wife and two children were being… Read More
Ohio COVID-19 Deaths Spike, State Launches Effort to Help Unemployed
By: Sarah Taylor | WKSU
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKSU) — Cuyahoga County has the highest unemployment rate in the state at 12.9%. That statistic has led the state to pilot a new program there to help… Read More
Thousands Must Repay Unemployment Overpayments
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s human services agency says thousands of Ohioans who received unemployment benefits during the pandemic have been told they were overpaid. Bret Crow is a spokesperson… Read More
Thousands Of Unemployment Claims Released From Fraud Probe, But Many More Still Held
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state of Ohio has released for payment around a fifth of the quarter of a million claims for non-traditional unemployment assistance that it… Read More
Ohio Accepts Plan For $300 In Federal Unemployment Aid
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine has accepted a White House proposal for Ohio unemployment claimants to receive $300 in weekly unemployment compensation assistance with no state money involved…. Read More
State Investigating A Quarter Of A Million In Jobless Claims For Fraud
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Payments to more than a quarter of a million non-traditional unemployment cases in Ohio are being halted and are under investigation. The state says… Read More
State Unemployment Agencies Could Take Months To Adapt To WH Proposal, Memos Show
By: Kelsey Snell | NPR, Tamara Keith | NPR
Posted on:
The National Association of State Workforce Agencies tells lawmakers on Capitol Hill that it would take most states 8-20 weeks to move to a modified system of awarding benefits.
The End Of $600 Unemployment Benefits Will Hit Millions Of Households And The Economy
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
Posted on:
Millions of Americans who lost jobs during the pandemic are in danger of having their incomes cut for a second time. The sudden halt in payments would be felt in households and throughout the economy.
Some Unemployment Will Be Extended In Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An extra 20 weeks of unemployment compensation will be made available to eligible Ohioans once they have exhausted their other benefits. Bret Crow with… Read More
Advocates Call For Unemployment Compensation System Reform
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A collection of health and human services advocates are urging state leaders to immediately work on revamping the unemployment compensation system in order to… Read More
1.5 Million File For Unemployment, But Continuing Claims Decrease Slightly
By: Avie Schneider | NPR
Posted on:
Another 1.5 million people file for unemployment benefits for the first time, but the number who are continuing to seek the payments continues to decline as workers return to their jobs.
Jobless Benefits Fund Broke; Ohio Starts Borrowing From Feds
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The fund by which Ohio pays jobless benefits is officially broke, and the state has asked to borrow nearly $4 billion so payments can keep… Read More
Tens Of Thousands Of Ohioans Told To Repay Unemployment Benefits
By: Cid Standifer | Eye on Ohio
Posted on:
This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Join the free mailing list to help them provide more public service reporting. COLUMBUS, Ohio (Eye… Read More
New Unemployment Claims Dip Below 2 Million In Sign Pace Of Job Losses May Be Easing
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
Posted on:
The Labor Department says about 1.9 million people filed for unemployment last week, but there are some signs that people may be returning to their jobs.
Another 100K Unemployed In Ohio Valley; US Jobless Total Tops 40M
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
Posted on:
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (OVR) — As some businesses in the Ohio Valley reopen and welcome back both customers and employees the region continues reporting high levels of unemployment claims. At least… Read More
Another 99,000 Join Unemployed In Ohio Valley As U.S. Jobless Total Tops 38M
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
Posted on:
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — The U.S. Department of Labor reported close to 99,000 additional unemployment insurance claims in the last week from Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia, as state unemployment offices worked their… Read More
State Reports Data Breach for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Applicants
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Deloitte, a consulting company contracted by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), is investigating a data breach in the system launched last week… Read More
Ohio Valley Making Progress on Unemployment Backlog
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
Posted on:
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (OVR) — Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia are making progress on unemployment claims filed in March as states begin a phased-in reopening. New unemployment insurance claims are still… Read More
Jobless Benefits System to Pay Ohio’s 1099, Self-Employed and Other Workers Online
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — This morning brought long-awaited news for the self-employed, independent contractors and 1099 workers in Ohio – the system to pay them jobless benefits is live…. Read More
Only Half of 1.1 Million Jobless Claims Have Been Paid
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Department Job and Family Services has paid more than $2 billion in unemployment claims to nearly 560,000 Ohioans since mid-March. But that’s only… Read More