CONCORD Unemployed Granite Staters will soon be eligible for a one-time stipend from the New Hampshire government for returning to the workforce. Gov. Chris Sununu said he sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor explaining that New Hampshire.
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New Hampshire s unemployment rate for April was 2.8% a decrease of two-tenths of a percentage point from March and a big difference from a year ago, when it reached a peak of 16% during the coronavirus pandemic.
The New Hampshire Employment Security office said Tuesday that seasonally adjusted estimates for April 2021 placed the number of employed residents at 735,970, a decrease of 490 from the previous month and an increase of 118,630 from April 2020.
The number of unemployed residents decreased by 1,460 over the month to 21,410.
This was 96,280 fewer unemployed than in April 2020.
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Citing a low unemployment rate and businesses hungry for workers, Gov. Chris Sununu has begun rolling back essentially all of New Hampshire’s pandemic-related unemployment benefits.
Sununu announced Tuesday that he will end the $300 weekly enhanced unemployment benefits on June 19, as well as other benefit programs aimed at self-employed and gig workers. All of those programs were ushered in more than a year ago in response to the blow to the economy in the early weeks of the pandemic.
Sununu also announced a new incentive meant to encourage unemployed residents to re-enter the workforce: starting Tuesday, people who take a new job and hold it for eight consecutive weeks will be eligible for a one-time cash bonus: $1,000 for those working full-time, and $500 for part-timers.
State to provide $1,000 stipend for those who return to work
A note on a locked door at the New Hampshire Employee Security center, which handles unemployment claims, gives directions to those in need in Manchester, N.H., Thursday, April 16, 2020. Due to the virus outbreak, a note on the office door requested that all claims be handled remotely either on the phone or online. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa
A man walks away from a locked door at the New Hampshire Employee Security center, which handles unemployment claims, in Manchester, N.H., Thursday, April 16, 2020. Due to the virus outbreak, a note on the office door requested that all claims be handled remotely either on the phone or online. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Charles Krupa