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Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in April 2016 was 5.5 percent, unchanged from March. The rate was 6.1 percent in April 2015. The state agency reported that Georgia gained 10,600 jobs to reach a total of 4,371,300 in April, but the overall job gains...
Rhode Island - Verizon’s company lawyers are contesting a state department ruling that makes 700 unionized employees eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. The state has ruled that these employees are locked out of work and therefore eligible for unemployment,...
Illinois Benefit Integrity Bill HB3682 – This bill has onerous employer violations and is currently pending with the State. It contains employer penalties for failing to respond to claims “as required” which includes a double financial penalty: 1.) Benefits paid...
Theo Curey, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for ADP Global Enterprise Solutions, lists effectively managing the entire unemployment claims process as one of the top three ways to prevent significant profit loss. Click here to see why:...
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose last week to a more than one-year high, but economists blamed striking telecommunications workers for the surge and said the data did not signal a deterioration in the overall labor market. Read more here:...
Montana - The Supreme Court in Montana upheld a 2014 ruling stating that the law denying unemployment benefits, university enrollment and other services to people who are in the country illegally was unconstitutional. Click here to read more:...
New Jersey - According to Christie, the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund had a $2 billion deficit when he took office. Thanks to a number of anti-fraud measures taken by the Department of Labor, it’s now a $1.8 billion surplus. That means the governor can give a tax...
Connecticut - In an attempt to close a widening budget deficit without raising taxes, Gov. Dannell P. Malloy has announced that 2500 positions would be eliminated including layoffs of approximately 1850 state employees. State spending was also cut by more than $800...
State lawmakers representing Springfield and its surrounding communities are calling on the Baker Administration to keep an unemployment call center in Western Massachusetts open even as the state proceeds with layoff plans in the face of dropping federal funding....
Since the state's Workforce Solutions Department launched a strategy that marries predictive analytics with behavioral science techniques, it has seen a 40 percent reduction in the likelihood to commit fraud. Find out how:...
