Virginia Employment Commission hosting Paid Family and Medical Leave info sessions
Virginia, earlier this year, became the first state in the South with a Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program.
Virginia, earlier this year, became the first state in the South with a Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program.
The unemployment rate in Virginia is likely to rise this year, from 3.5 percent to 4.4 percent, according to an economic forecast from the University of Virginia Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
Seventeen individuals involved in a COVID-19 pandemic unemployment benefit scheme have learned their punishment.
The unemployment rate in Virginia was up in July, the seventh straight month that we’ve had an increase – July, note, was the seventh month of the year.
Overshadowing any good news is the bad news that unemployment in Virginia is expected to rise to the highest rate in 2025 since 2021.

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UVA Football coach Tony Elliott, on Wednesday, said he’s not expecting any changes to his staff in the offseason, with the change that seemed most likely being at offensive coordinator.
The VCU Rehabilitation Research and Training Center has received two major awards totaling $8.8 million to support research on employment for transition-age youth with disabilities.
President Joe Biden has approved, at the request of Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a major disaster declaration for Virginia as it recovers from Hurricane Helene.

The Virginia economy is still holding strong, judging from the report from the office of Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Friday that the unemployment rate held steady at 2.7 percent for the month of July.
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