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Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased a slight 0.1 percentage point in March to 5.0 percent, after declining the previous seven months. However, the labor force expanded for the third consecutive month, increasing by 28,211.
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The U.S. Senate voted Monday to approve a bipartisan compromise to restore emergency unemployment insurance benefits for more than 2 million long-term unemployed American, including as many as 20,000 Virginians, according to some estimates.
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Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased 0.1 percentage point in February to 4.9 percent, the seventh consecutive monthly decline.
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On a 7-7 vote today, the Senate Committee on General Laws voted to kill a bill that would have protected state workers from employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine released a statement after a minority of senators blocked a vote on passage of emergency unemployment insurance legislation on Tuesday.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Thursday a 15.7 percent increase in employment in the Virginia film industry.
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Virginia’s unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent in the month of March, according to data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is the lowest unemployment rate in the Commonwealth since December 2008. Virginia has the lowest unemployment rate in the Southeast, and the second-lowest unemployment rate east of the Mississippi River.
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The Republican-controlled House Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee defeated Sen. Donald McEachin’s (D-Henrico County) legislation that would have banned discrimination in the state employment based on sexual orientation.
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On a 24-16 vote Friday the Virginia Senate passed landmark employment protections for LGBT Virginians in state government. There are currently no protections in law for LGBT citizens who are discriminated against on the job in Virginia government.
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Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased 0.1 percentage point this month to 5.5 percent, the third consecutive monthly decline, and was 0.6 percentage point below the year-ago December rate of 6.1 percent. This month’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 5.5 percent is the lowest in four years when the December 2008 rate was 5.3 percent. The labor force expanded for the fourth consecutive month, as the additional people that reported working exceeded the drop in the number of unemployed. Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is below the December national rate of 7.8 percent, which was unchanged from November.
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