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Starting this Sunday, Wisconsin residents receiving unemployment compensation will be required to follow the state’s work-search procedure in order to keep receiving benefits.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, between March 15 and June 6, 626,697 people applied for unemployment insurance benefits. During that time, state officials say, they ...
Transforming the state's unemployment division would make "an entity that micromanages claimants' job search efforts," a lawyer said. Wisconsin Examiner , News Partner Posted Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at ...
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development ( DWD) is an agency of the Wisconsin state government responsible for providing services to Wisconsin workers, employers, and job-seekers to meet Wisconsin's workforce needs. To effect its mission, the Department administers unemployment benefits and workers' compensation programs for the state ...
t. e. Unemployment insurance in the United States, colloquially referred to as unemployment benefits, refers to social insurance programs which replace a portion of wages for individuals during unemployment. The first unemployment insurance program in the U.S. was created in Wisconsin in 1932, and the federal Social Security Act of 1935 created ...
Wisconsin saw the largest percentage increase in weekly claims, with claims jumping by 18.6%. North Dakota, meanwhile, saw the largest percentage drop in new claims, with claims dropping by 43.2%.
Unemployment in Wisconsin is still slightly higher than it was in pre-pandemic days. The annual unemployment rate for the state’s labor force in 2019 was 3.3 percent, according to the labor bureau.
There are a record number of job openings in the U.S. labor market; Waukesha County's unemployment rate decreased recently. Rich Scinto , Patch Staff Posted Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 3:20 pm CT