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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...

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Georgia 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...

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Debate 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...

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Georgia'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...

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Metro 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...

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Metro 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...

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Metro 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...

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Another 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...

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Sequester 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...

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Metro 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...

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Georgia'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...

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Georgia'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...

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Georgia'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...

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Metro 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...

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Georgia'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...

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Labor 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...

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Dept. 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...

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Georgia 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...

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Atlanta'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...

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Federal 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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