Georgia Jobs Increase Over The Month In Every Metropolitan Statistical Area Thursday, April 22, 2021
The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that the number of jobs and employment numbers were up in every metropolitan statistical area from February to March. Initial claims and the unemployment rate were down over the month in every MSA. For March, the unemployment rate was down and the labor force and employment numbers were up in every reported regional commission and county.
“We had another strong month in March,” said Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler. “We saw the unemployment rate drop, along with an increase in jobs across the state, and most importantly, a decrease in over-the-year initial claims for every region and county.”
Origin manufacturing based out of Farmington and Wilton has also increased its workforce in the past year.
“Origin is exponentially growing each year even amidst the current world economic climate. In 2020 during the pandemic we grew 53% and for 2021 our projections are for another 50% employment increase and we are well on our way,” Chief Operating Officer Amanda Roberts said in an email.
With positions available, some local business owners are reporting more of a struggle recently to even interview a candidate with job applicants never showing up. Aside from Bubier at Ron’s Market experiencing this, Dugout Bar and Grill Owner Shaun Riggs has also been dealing with interview no-shows for a full-time position that he’s had advertised for six months now.
Jobless claims in Iowa up 45% last week, $10.2M paid out in benefits
$10,240,551.03 in unemployment insurance benefits were paid out in the state last week, a weekly decrease of $125,589.03 (1.21%). Author: Mario Rossi, The Associated Press Published: 3:21 PM CDT April 23, 2021 Updated: 3:21 PM CDT April 23, 2021
IOWA, USA 7,255 initial unemployment claims were filed last week in Iowa, an increase of 2,250 (44.96%) from the previous week.
6,673 initial claims for the week of April 11-17 were by people who work and live in Iowa, and 582 were by individuals who work in Iowa but live outside the state. The number of continuing weekly unemployment claims was 33,546, a decrease of 46 from the previous week. For the week ending April 17, 2021, nearly 41.5% of claimants indicated their claims were not COVID-19 related, which is a decrease from 45.7% the previous week., Iowa Workforce Development said in a release.
New unemployment claims in Iowa jump to highest level since January thegazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thegazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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New Jersey has recovered more than 50 percent of the jobs lost since the pandemic began, but the number of WARN notices continue to rise. (Shutterstock)
NEW JERSEY New Jersey has recovered more than 50 percent of the jobs lost since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, even as the number of new layoff notices filed in March increased by about 300 from February to March, according to the New Jersey Department of Labor.
More than 1,600 layoffs are now planned in New Jersey over the next three months, according to the state Department of Labor
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