A revised Unemployment Insurance poster issued by the Kansas Department of Labor includes information about a new automated phone system that can be used to apply for unemployment benefits. The new phone service has extended hours (from ...
In addition, the number of people continuing to claim unemployment insurance rose sharply for the third straight week to more than 4 million, the highest since December 1982, when the economy was in a painful recession. ...
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One small bright spot in the unemployment report was seen in the number of people continuing to claim unemployment insurance, which also dropped unexpectedly to 3.96 million, down from the previous week’s 4.02 million. ...
Less than half of unemployed workers receive unemployment insurance.Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist at MFR Inc., a consulting firm, said the four-week average of continuing claims is 49 percent higher than it was a year ago. ...
The Senate this week is expected to take up a bill, already passed by the House, that would extend unemployment insurance checks for up to 13 additional weeks for jobless people whose benefits have run out. ...
The percentage of workers who receive unemployment benefits - which is different from the unemployment rate - increased to 3 percent, the highest since June 2003. Less than half of unemployed workers receive unemployment insurance. ...
The legislation provides an additional seven weeks of unemployment insurance to out-of-work Americans, and permits an additional thirteen weeks of unemployment benefits in states where the unemployment rate is particularly high. ...
Kansas had a 4.5 percent unemployment rate in October, down from 4.8 percent in September but up from 3.6 percent in October 2007. All the figures are not seasonally adjusted. U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., issued a release Thursday ...
