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While today’s unemployment rate is well below the April 2020 peak of the COVID-19 pandemic at 14.7%, fears of job losses remain as workers face an uncertain economic future. Experts are divided on the potential recession. Student loan repayments, persistently high gas prices, persistent inflation and escalating insurance costs are …

VALDOSTA — Workers in Cook, Glynn and Lowndes counties have until Tuesday, Oct. 10 to file initial applications for unemployment benefits (DUAs) to compensate for income lost directly as a result of Hurricane Idalia on Aug. 30. “Natural disasters can often lead to financial hardship for businesses and employees,” said …

Idaho — Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 3% in August. In July, the seasonal unemployment rate was set at 2.8 percent. Now, for the first time since November 2021, Idaho’s unemployment rate was 3% in August, according to the Idaho Department of Labor. The labor force increased by …

ATLANTA — Workers in Lowndes, Cook and Glynn counties affected by Hurricane Idalia may be eligible for special unemployment benefits, the state’s labor commissioner said Friday. Those three counties were named by President Joe Biden in a federal disaster declaration earlier this week, making federal grants and loans available. Disaster …

Reports of employment growth have recently been met with growing skepticism among economy watchers. Huge swings in the monthly reports and substantial revisions make it difficult to gauge conditions in the labor market. In December 2020, the government reported a decline in employment of 264,000. In January, a 494,000 increase. …