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Atlanta, Ga.â Today Governor Brian P. Kemp and Georgia Department of Labor Commissioner Mark Butler announced Georgiaâs plan for reemployment and economic recovery.
In an effort to address workforce shortages and boost a full economic recovery, state labor officials plan to end Georgiaâs participation in federal pandemic unemployment programs, effective June 26. Over the next several weeks, state officials will provide resources for job search support, education and training opportunities, childcare and transportation services, and safe workplace initiatives for workers, families, and employers.
âDuring truly unprecedented times, hardworking Georgians have stayed resilient and businesses of all sizes have quickly adapted to an unpredictable environment,â said Kemp. âEven in the middle of a global pandemic, job growth and economic development in Georgia remained strong â including an unemployment rate below the national
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Ohio COVID-19 Update: Ohio Vax-a-Million; kids vaccination; Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted provided the following updates Thursday on Ohio s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
OHIO VAX-A-MILLION:
In Wednesday s statewide evening address, Governor DeWine detailed a series of statewide drawings to provide incentives for Ohioans to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Ohioans aged 18 and older will be entered into Ohio Vax-a-Million, a weekly drawing with a prize of up to $1 million.
The pool of names for the Ohio Vax-a-Million drawing will be derived from the Ohio Secretary of State s publicly available voter registration database. Additionally, a webpage will be available to register.
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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 2, 2021, file photo, a woman, wearing a protective mask due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, walks past the signs of an employment agency, in Manchester, N.H. Companies are advertising more jobs than they were before the pandemic, when the unemployment rate was a 50-year low of 3.5%. So they clearly want to add workers. Yet hiring stumbled in April because many employers couldn t find as many as they needed. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Governor Brad Little’s plan to end special federal unemployment benefits to Idahoans next month could boot more than half of current filers off benefits.
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday defended himself against critics who say expanded unemployment benefits offered in the COVID-19 relief bill passed in March are keeping Americans from taking new jobs. Gavino Garay reports.
Gov. Kristi Noem and the Department of Labor and Regulation announced Wednesday that South Dakota will end its participation in the federal governmentâs pandemic-related unemployment assistance programs effective June 26.
South Dakota will continue to pay regular state claims.
âBusinesses across the state continue to say they would grow and expand if it wasnât for the lack of workers. Help wanted signs line our streets,â state Labor and Regulation Secretary Marcia Hultman said in a press release. âSouth Dakota is and has been âOpen for Business.â Ending these programs is a necessary step towards recovery, growth, and getting people back to work.â