VEC launches online application portal for federal unemployment benefits
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The Virginia Employment Commission has launched a new application portal to the federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits program.
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Unemployment down in May in Augusta County, Staunton, Waynesboro as economy reopens
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The Augusta County-Staunton-Waynesboro region continues to recover from the economic pandemic, with unemployment in the region dropping more than a point and a half in May.
Virginia unemployment claims down again this week
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New unemployment claims in Virginia were down again last week, and continued claims are also trending downward. Both are good signs of recovery as the Commonwealth claws its way out of the economic slump that came from the COVID-19 shutdown.
VEC: 12K unemployment claims under administrative review
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The Virginia Employment Commission said today that more than 12,000 cases involving unemployment benefits claimants refusing to return to work are pending administrative review.
Virginia unemployment claims numbers show continued positive momentum
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The Virginia Employment Commission reports today that there were 27,186 new initial unemployment claims filed last week, a slight dip from the week before.
Virginia unemployment numbers continue upward trend as shutdown begins to ease
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The total number of Virginians who have filed initial unemployment claims during Gov. Ralph Northam’s COVID-19 shutdown is approaching the 800,000 mark.
Should you be getting unemployment if you were recently laid off because of COVID-19?
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Shutdowns of businesses across the nation due to COVID-19 have caused a massive share of the U.S. workforce to become unemployed.
Another big number highlights this week’s Virginia unemployment report
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The total number of initial unemployment claims for the first 10 weeks of Gov. Ralph Northam’s COVID-19 lockdown are now more than 100,000 higher than the total filed during the Great Recession.
Lockdown fallout: Virginia unemployment rate rises to 10.6 percent in April
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Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose 7.3 percentage points in April to 10.6 percent, an increase of 7.7 percent above the rate from a year ago.
Virginia unemployment claims now nearing 18 percent of pre-lockdown workforce
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Another 44,699 initial unemployment claims were filed in Virginia over the past week, pushing the total number of initial claims to just under 18 percent of the pre-lockdown, nonfarm employment.
