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Alabama jobless rate drops to 3.6%, wages rise
May 21, 2021
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Alabama s unemployment rate dropped to 3.6% last month, and a hiring surging prompted by renewed business activity as the pandemic eases is driving up wages in the state, labor officials said Friday.
The preliminary, seasonally adjusted jobless rate for April was 3.6%, down a bit from March and nearly 10 percentage points below April 2020, when shutdowns prompted by the coronavirus outbreak decimated businesses. The number represents about 80,000 unemployed people statewide compared to nearly 290,000 at the same time a year ago.
The number of people employed increased by 253,632 over the year to 2.2 million, according to a statement from the Alabama Department of Labor.
From The Tribune staff reports
MONTGOMERY Governor Kay Ivey announced Monday that Alabama will end its participation in all federally funded pandemic unemployment compensation programs effective June 19, 2021, including:
Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), which provides for an additional $300 weekly payment to recipients of unemployment compensation.
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), which provides benefits for those who would not usually qualify, such as the self-employed, gig workers, and part-time workers,
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), which provides for an extension of benefits once regular benefits have been exhausted, and
Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation (MEUC), which provides an additional $100 benefit to certain people with mixed earnings.
Alabama to end participation in federally funded pandemic unemployment compensation programs
This is effective June 19, 2021.
Posted: May 10, 2021 2:11 PM
Updated: May 11, 2021 12:31 PM
Posted By: Ashley Thusius, Megan Reyna
Alabama will end its participation in all federally funded pandemic unemployment compensation programs effective June 19, 2021, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday.
This includes the following programs:
Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), which provides for an additional $300 weekly payment to recipients of unemployment compensation.
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), which provides benefits for those who would not usually qualify, such as the self-employed, gig workers, and part-time workers,
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), which provides for an extension of benefits once regular benefits have been exhausted, and