Continued Virginia unemployment claims at pre-pandemic levels
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The Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday that the number of continued claims fell to pre-pandemic levels during the most recent filing week.
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New Virginia unemployment claims up over holidays week
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For the filing week ending Jan. 1, the figure for seasonally unadjusted initial unemployment claims in Virginia was 1,813, an increase of 609 claimants from the previous week.
Virginia unemployment rate drops for 16th straight month
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Virginia’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.4 percent in November, 2.4 percentage points below the rate from one year ago and well below the national rate of 4.2 percent.
Virginia unemployment rate drops to 3.6 percent in October
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Virginia’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.6 percent in October, which is 2.5 percentage points below the rate from one year ago.
New unemployment claims in Virginia halved over past week
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For the filing week ending Oct. 30, the figure for seasonally unadjusted initial unemployment claims in Virginia was 1,088, a decrease of 1,482 claimants from the previous week.
Virginia unemployment rate falls to 3.8 percent in September
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Virginia’s unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent in September, 2.8 percentage points below the rate from one year ago.
Dramatic drop in new Virginia unemployment claims last week
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For the filing week ending Oct. 16, the figure for seasonally unadjusted initial unemployment claims in Virginia was 1,967. The latest claims figure was a decrease of 7,380 claimants from the previous week.
House Democrats introduce bill to reform unemployment insurance
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Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), and Scott Peters (D-CA) have introduced the Unemployment Insurance Improvement Act.
Slight increase in new Virginia unemployment claims over past week
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For the filing week ending Oct. 2, the figure for seasonally unadjusted initial unemployment claims in Virginia was 9,360, an increase of 643 claimants from the previous week.
Big decrease in new unemployment claims
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For the filing week ending Sept. 25, the figure for seasonally unadjusted initial unemployment claims in Virginia was 8,717, a decrease of 7,245 claimants from the previous week.
