Governor Brian Kemp celebrated Georgia’s unemployment rate dropping for the twentieth straight month to 2.6% for December 2021, setting yet another record for the state. Georgia is also…
More(The Center Square) – The newly released November jobs report fell short of expectations Friday. The Department of Labor released the report showing that the economy created 210,000…
MoreGeorgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler announced last week that Georgia’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.1 percent in October, the lowest rate in Georgia’s recorded history. The rate was…
More(The Center Square) – A group of Georgia Democrats says a portal meant to increase transparency in the state’s handling of unemployment claims will exacerbate workers’ frustrations with…
MoreGeorgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Northwest Georgia registered an all-time low unemployment rate in July as the number of employed rose more than 4,100. “We…
MoreA member of the Statesboro City Council collected unemployment benefits based on the compensation received as an elected official, public records show. But who applied for the unemployment…
MoreGeorgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Heart of Georgia registered an all-time low unemployment rate in July as the number of employed rose more than 450. …
More(The Center Square) – The Biden administration is working to ensure that $300 weekly unemployment payments from federal taxpayers continue in some form beyond their expiration date set…
MoreLast week, regular UI initial claims totaled 19,761, down 988 over the previous week, the lowest number of weekly claims in 2021. However, a recent GDOL report announced…
MoreGeorgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Heart of Georgia saw an over-the-month and over-the-year decrease in its initial claims in May. The region encompasses Appling, Bleckley,…
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