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Chris Lehman/KLCCRates that new employers will pay for unemployment insurance in the coming year will be 2.4% on up to $54,300 in wages per employee. -
Adriana Heldiz/CalMattersOut-of-work residents fight new fraud battles. The system bleeds money. And a $1 billion technology overhaul marches on.
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Oregon's unemployment rate parked at 6.0% in April. Long-term unemployment rose to its highest level in years. -
The state went deep into debt to keep jobless benefits flowing during the pandemic. And if it doesn鈥檛 fix its $48 billion unemployment problem, that could derail COVID-19 recovery. -
The agency was sued over lengthy delays paying unemployment benefits during the pandemic. Now, it has reached a settlement agreement with the Oregon Law Center. -
California hotel employees are anxious to see if state lawmakers may revive a 鈥渞ight to recall鈥� proposal to rehire based on seniority or propose new help. Many also worry additional aid from last month鈥檚 federal relief package won鈥檛 help them -
Efforts to prevent fraud in state unemployment systems are outdated, hurting millions of people with legitimate claims by causing lengthy and unnecessary delays while not managing to catch much fraud. -
Oregon residents hard-pressed by economic disruptions caused by the coronavirus started receiving emergency payments authorized by state lawmakers on Thursday. By Friday morning, the program was already running out of money. -
Unemployment was low and wages were rising when the coronavirus became a concern. Now the stock market has crashed, quarantines and social distancing are鈥� -
Getting a job can be an adventure in the best of circumstances. Having a criminal record is not the best of circumstances, but people with prison in the鈥� -
The unemployment rates for the nation and our states continue to look pretty good. Oregon and California are both right around four percent unemployment.鈥� -
Technology wins: in many places, you don't have to call a cab anymore, you just use your Uber app to summon a ride-share. Great for people wanting to get鈥� -
The news about Oregon's unemployment rate is great, on its surface: the lowest rate recorded since the current accounting system went into place in 1976.鈥�
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Oregon started counting the unemployment rate in the current method back in 1976. And in that entire time, the rate has never dropped to 3.8%. Until now.鈥�
