ATLANTA â The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that Georgiaâs unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percentage points to reach 5.6 percent in December while the state saw a significant increase in the number of jobs.
âDecember is yet another month where we have seen job growth throughout the state,â Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said in a news release. âWe more than doubled our job growth from November, which is very promising, considering how challenging of a year this has been. Georgia has gained back 82 percent of the jobs we lost at the beginning of the pandemic and continues to remain strong in economic growth and business development.â
January 21, 2021
Claims for Unemployment Compensation, Week Ending January 16
AUGUSTA - For the week ending January 16, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 3,300 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 1,000 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). In total, approximately 3,800 people were filing an initial claim or reopening their unemployment claim.
About 17,000 weekly certifications, or continued claims, were filed last week for state unemployment, with another 14,300 weekly certifications filed under PUA. In addition, about 17,850 weekly certifications were filed for the federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program. Weekly certifications must be filed by claimants every week in order to continue to receive unemployment benefits.
Michigan's new weekly jobless claims fell again last week but remain at historic highs during the COVID-19 pandemic.For the week ending Jan. 16, 19,253 people in Michigan filed new unemployment claims, down from 24,654 claims the week prior. More than 218,000 remained on the state's unemployment…
Gov. Whitmer announced the Michigan COVID Recovery Plan, unemployment updates
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, with Chief Medial Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, provided an update on COVID-19 in Michigan on Dec. 1, 2020. Photo courtesy of Michigan Executive Office of the Governor.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the Michigan COVID Recovery Plan addressing vaccine distribution, support for small businesses, food and rental assistance, schools and more.
Whitmer said that the MEDC will provide $225 million to fund an additional three programs that will support small businesses as a part of the Michigan COVID Recovery Plan.
The Michigan Mainstreet Initiative will provide grants to restaurants and other place-based small businesses. The Michigan Microenterprise Support Initiative will support businesses with less than nine employees that have struggled during the pandemic. The Business Accelerator and Resiliency Initiative will provide grants to high-tech startups.