The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) took immediate steps to access the additional Federal Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits for workers who have exhausted their regular benefits, payable up to 26 weeks, and the federal ...
Gov. Jim Doyle announced Friday additional extended unemployment benefits for Wisconsin workers who have exhausted their benefits, both their regular Wisconsin benefits and the federal extended benefits approved last summer.
VIDEO: Watch The ReportA representative from Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, which oversees the Unemployment Insurance Division, said that due to the severe economic downturn, unemployment claims have increased in recent ...
By Fester: Unemployment insurance is a basic stabilizing and counter-cyclical policy. It puts money into the hands of people who are getting hit in the junk by forces beyond their control. This money is 'high velocity' money which means ...
Initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits by former federal civilian employees totaled 1898 in the week ending November 15, an increase of 400 from the prior week. There were 1585 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, ...
MADISON – With unemployment rising nationally, Wisconsin Unemployment Insurance Division Administrator Hal Bergan today urged unemployed workers in Wisconsin to apply for unemployment insurance benefits by using the state’s Internet ...
"With more Americans filing jobless claims than at any time since the 1992, the Senate's passage of the House's unemployment insurance extension legislation will help speed relief to more than 2 million workers who continue to search ...
Wisconsin’s unemployment insurance fund is not immune to the fallout. Hundreds of thousands of workers have exhausted their unemployment insurance and new applications for benefits are quickly outpacing the pace of...
