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Numbers could be pointing to a "soft landing," says a Kenan Institute economist after the release of the October employment data. Meanwhile, job openings in the Triangle jumped up this week, according to WRAL TechWire's exclusive jobs report. Take a look at the numbers.
Ohio was nearly the worst state to pay unemployed workers in a timely manner during the first year of the pandemic, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Labor's Inspector General.
The governor's office said the state will appeal the ruling: "There is a record number of jobs available right now, and this program is making it harder to fill them and fully reopen our businesses. It's hurting our recovery across every region and industry. The state is appealing today's ruling." Hogan tweeted at 2:40 p.m.: "Even President Biden has said that states have every right to do what's best for our economies. I'm confident the courts will rule in favor of getting Marylanders back to work, supporting struggling small businesses, and continuing our economic recovery." The plaintiffs ...
May 21—Republican leaders in the state House of Representatives asked Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday to do away with a supplemental $300-a-week federal employment benefit to encourage jobless New Mexicans to return to work. The Republican leaders asked the governor to rescind the extra $300 unemployed workers are receiving "as soon as possible" and create in its place what they called ...
FACING the threat to millions as furlough is ended, we hear about “job loss” every day, as workers — as a result of factors beyond their control — are thrown out of work, deprived of income and thrown into individual and collective community desperation and deprivation. “Job loss” is a weasel term. We might as well refer to wilful murder as “life loss.” It’s a term which avoids responsibility or guilt for the crime and presents disaster as an unfortunate but largely normal aspect of life. House keys and phones are lost. Jobs are not “lost” — they are destroyed by ...