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In this file photo from May, Samuel Marcus, from California, and Mandi Makala of France walk through the Santa Fe Plaza. Leisure and hospitality businesses have been hit especially hard in the pandemic. (Eddie Moore/Journal)
80,278
The number of initial unemployment claims filed by New Mexicans between March 19 and April 9. This three-week period, which began after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced sweeping restrictions on business activity to curb the spread of COVID, brought the highest concentration of job losses since the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions began tracking unemployment data.
65,100
The number of total non-farm jobs New Mexico lost between December 2019 and December 2020, accounting for about 7.5% of all jobs in New Mexico. While the state has recovered some of the jobs it lost early in the pandemic, experts agree that a full recovery may still be years away.
NM approved to waive some unemployment overpayments abqjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from abqjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) will send out information next week about how to request a waiver for claimants who received an overpayment through no fault of their own as part of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program.
Workforce Solutions to offer waivers for overpayment of benefits kob.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kob.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.