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ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The state of Mississippi has collected $7.3 million thus far from its efforts to crackdown on unemployment fraud.
Mark Henry, executive director of Mississippi Department of Employment Security, says the money came from people caught collecting unemployment benefits while working.
The recovered funds will go to the Unemployment Benefits Trust Fund. The fund provides [...] [...]
JACKSON — After the latest unemployment legislation was enacted Dec. 17, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) reports it began processing claims for those due emergency benefits.
By the morning of Dec. 20, 6,309 Mississippians were paid. Payments totaled $2 million. Deposits were made either to agency-issued debit cards or to bank accounts.
“Our staff worked [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — First-time requests for unemployment benefits may have fallen last week, but what that will mean for the nation’s jobless rate isn’t so clear.
New requests for jobless benefits have fallen by 54,000, or about 11 percent, in the past month. That drop followed a spike in claims to 504,000 in the week ending Aug. [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — In the week ending Sept. 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims in the U.S. was 450,000, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week’s revised figure. The four-week moving average was 464,750, a decrease of 13,500 from the previous week’s revised average.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — Private employers hired more workers over the past three month than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as more people entered the market looking for work.
Companies added a net total of [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — The number of people requesting unemployment benefits declined for the second straight week, suggesting that the slowing economy isn’t prompting widespread job cuts.
New claims for unemployment aid fell last week by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 472,000, the Labor Department said today. Economists had expected a slight increase, according to a survey by [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — In the week ending Aug. 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims in the U.S. was 473,000, a decrease of 31,000 from the previous week’s revised figure. The four-week moving average was 486,750, an increase of 3,250 from the previous week’s revised average.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was [...] [...]
In the week ending Aug. 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims in the U.S. was 500,000, an increase of 12,000 from the previous week’s revised figure. The four-week moving average was 482,500, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week’s revised average.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 3.5 percent [...] [...]
In the week ending Aug. 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims in the U.S. was 484,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised figure. The four-week moving average was 473,500, an increase of 14,250 from the previous week’s revised average.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 3.5 percent [...] [...]
New requests for jobless benefits rose last week to the highest level in almost four months. Economists said the jump in claims is a cautionary sign that higher corporate profits and a slowly recovering economy aren’t spurring companies to generate many jobs.
Here’s a look at the states with the biggest declines in initial jobless claims, [...] [...]
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