Georgia's Unemployment Rate dips
Georgia’s unemployment rate was 9.2% last month. Relatively speaking, the number is high and is higher than the current national average. However, Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler says you have...
View ArticleGeorgia Department of Labor Launches New Online System
The Georgia Department of Labor has launched a new online system to help process unemployment insurance claims. The department says the State Information Data Exchange E-response system will allow...
View ArticleDebate over unemployment insurance continues
It may be next month before the debate over Georgia’s move not to allow seasonal workers to qualify for unemployment insurance is resolved.The U.S. Department of Labor has given Georgia’s Labor...
View ArticleGeorgia's Jobless Rate Falls to 8.7% in October
More Georgians are finding work. The state’s jobless rate fell to 8.7% in October, down from 9% in September. More than 17,000 people entered Georgia’s workforce last month. So the fact that the...
View ArticleMetro Atlanta Unemployment at Eight Percent
The jobless rate in metro Atlanta dropped to eight-percent in November, according to figures released Thursday by the Georgia Dept. of Labor.That’s slightly better than October, and almost a full...
View ArticleMetro Atlanta Unemployment Rate Rises
Some Georgians are still having trouble finding a place to earn a paycheck.The unemployment rate for metro Atlanta in December was 8.4%, an increase of nearly half-a-percentage point from...
View ArticleMetro Atlanta's February Jobless Rate Falls
February's jobless number for metro Atlanta fell to 8.3%, according to the state Department of Labor."We saw the Atlanta metropolitan area gain 6,400 jobs," says State Labor Commissioner Mark...
View ArticleAnother Drop for Georgia's Jobless Rate
Georgia's seasonally adjusted jobless rate for last month fell to 8.4%, according to the state's Department of Labor.That's down from 8.6% in February."By the way, that is one of the best months we...
View ArticleSequester Leads To Smaller Unemployment Checks
The sequester battle in Washington D.C. is soon going to affect tens of thousands of jobless Georgians.Federally funded extended unemployment compensation will be cut by 10.7%, due to the...
View ArticleMetro Atlanta's Unemployment Rate Falls Again
The Georgia Department of Labor reports metro Atlanta's unemployment rate for April was 7.6 percent.That's down from 7.9 percent in March and a drop from 8.5 percent in April 2012.However, unemployment...
View ArticleGeorgia's Labor Department Overpaid Millions in Unemployment Benefits, Audit...
The state of Georgia is trying to collect millions of dollars of unemployment benefits. A federal audit shows Georgia’s labor department made overpayments due to outdated systems.From 2008 to 2011, the...
View ArticleGeorgia's Unemployment Rate Increases in May
Georgia’s unemployment rate ticked up to 8.3 percent in May, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday.That’s one-tenth of a percentage point higher from the 8.2 percent in April. However, the...
View ArticleGeorgia's Unemployment Rose in June
The Georgia Department of Labor reports the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 8.6%.Although that's an increase of 3/10ths of a point from May, state officials still see the glass as...
View ArticleMetro Atlanta Unemployment Rate Increases
The State Labor Department says metro Atlanta's June unemployment rate was 8.9%.That's up seven-tenths of a point from May, but down nearly half a point from June 2012.State officials say despite the...
View ArticleGeorgia's Unemployment Rate Rises
Finding a place to pick up a paycheck in Georgia is still a tough proposition.The state's seasonally adjusted jobless rate for July was 8.8%, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. That's up...
View ArticleLabor Department: Fewer People Looking For Work
The United States added 169,000 jobs in August and unemployment ticked down a tenth of a point to 7.3 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which released its monthly jobs report...
View ArticleDept. of Labor Accidentally Releases Confidential Data of 4,400+ Georgia...
Nearly 4,500 residents of Cobb and Cherokee Counties should be on the lookout for an email or letter from the Georgia Department of Labor (DOL) because their confidential information has been...
View ArticleGeorgia Sees Slight Dip in Unemployment
There are now a few more places to pick up a paycheck in Georgia.The state's unemployment rate for August was 8.7%, according to the Georgia Department of Labor.That's down a tenth of a point from...
View ArticleAtlanta's Unemployment Rate Drops in August
Job seekers in metro Atlanta are having a little more luck finding work.The area's jobless rate was 8.0% in August, according to the Georgia Department of Labor."A lot of that is attributed to the fact...
View ArticleFederal Workers Start to Apply for Unemployment Benefits
Some 5,000 federal employees who work in Georgia have already filed for unemployment benefits in the wake of the partial federal government shutdown. If the furloughs continue, that number could get a...
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