Articles filed under Unemployment
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How agencies help jobseekers 'be proactive' during pandemicApr 16, 2020 1:00 am - Nonprofit and federally funded career assistance centers are preparing themselves - and their online resources - for a surge of jobseekers newly laid off amid the corona...
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COVID-19 update: 74 more dead; Pritzker touts unemployment processing changesApr 13, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the state has called back several recently retired Illinois Department of Employment Security employees to help process the more than half a...
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Coronavirus unemployment guide: What to do if you get laid off or furloughedApr 12, 2020 6:22 am - The novel coronavirus has leveled the American economy and has businesses of all sizes tightening their belts. Much of that pain is getting passed on to workers as busin...
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Cascading job losses shred U.S. safety net: 'We were unprepared'Apr 11, 2020 6:16 am - In Michigan and New York, you can only call on certain days of the week, depending on your last name. In New Jersey, it's hourly slots based on your social security numb...
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Third week of big U.S. jobless claims sees 6.61 million filingsApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - Americans applied for unemployment benefits in massive numbers for a third straight week, bringing the total to about 16.8 million during the coronavirus pandemic's econ...
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Bars crater and grocers boom, showing huge mismatch in U.S. jobsApr 05, 2020 6:20 am - Bri Hlava lost her bartending jobs when the Silver Dollar and the Pearl of Germantown in Louisville, Kentucky, shut down in the coronavirus pandemic. She had earned $600...
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Some companies are pledging not to lay off employees, for nowApr 04, 2020 6:10 am - On the evening of March 19, as statewide stay-at-home orders were just beginning, reports of job layoffs were surging and the number of U.S. coronavirus cases topped 14,...
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More than 14K Illinois jobs lost in March due to virusApr 03, 2020 1:00 am - Note: This story has been updated to remove mention of layoffs by Fabrik Molded Plastics at its McHenry plant, as they have been removed from the state report. And i...
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As layoffs skyrocket, America's unemployment safety net is underpreparedMar 22, 2020 6:24 am - U.S. workers are getting laid off at an unprecedented pace as the coronavirus outbreak shuts down much of the economy, and the government safety net to help the newly jo...
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Low-wage workers could be especially hard hit by this recessionMar 21, 2020 6:19 am - The coronavirus recession is likely to do something that we haven't really seen before: It's going to hammer services, like restaurants and retailers, first. The closing...