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KSL TV SALT LAKE CITY — Despite record numbers of Utahns filing for jobless benefits every week, some businesses are having big trouble finding workers to fill open positions. Vernon Hanssen, CEO and co-owner of Gourmandise, a Salt Lake City-based gourmet bakery and cafe, said finding candidates to hire in the food and restaurant industry has been especially challenging of late. "We have been trying to hire at all locations for months. Every restaurant owner I know is trying to hire," he said. "We have few to no applicants, and many don't even show up for in- person, Zoom or open interview ...

Published April 16, 2021 at 6:40 PM MDT Listen • 5:12 / A sex therapist is facing disciplinary charges from local leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This story and more in Friday evening's news brief. Friday evening, April 16, 2021 State State Optimistic About Job Gains About 46,600 Utahns were out of work in March according to the latest numbers from the Utah Department of Workforce Services. Compared to March 2020, the state added 13,800 jobs. The unemployment rate last month was 2.9%, about half the national average. Mark Knold is C...

As the pandemic ravaged the U.S. economy in 2020, putting millions out of work, the picture was a bit rosier in Utah.

| Updated: 8:01 p.m. New numbers show the Beehive State reached 2.9% unemployment last month, less than half the U.S. average of 6% and officially the nation’s lowest rate, tied with Nebraska, South Dakota and Vermont. Data released Friday also offers further evidence that vaccinations and declining coronavirus case rates may be easing economic havoc wrought by the pandemic, at least in some parts of the U.S., while other portions continue to get slammed. Twenty-one states saw meaningful drops in their unemployment rates last month, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labo...

Deseret News Share this story Mily Santos, Department of Workforce Services employment counselor, helps Gary Barr file a complaint against a job training provider that didn’t provide adequate training after losing his unemployment benefits at the Department of Workforce Services in Taylorsville on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News One year since the coronavirus pandemic shocked the Utah economy, sending thousands of people into the morass of joblessness, the Beehive State today boasts the lowest unemployment rate in the nation. The Utah Department of Workforce Services ...