For those currently unemployed - help thread

[ma96782]

Aloha, Mark

 

[The Heretic]

Oregon Employment Department fails to meet goal in processing backlog of claims

At the end of May, former Oregon Employment Department Director Kay Erickson announced a new initiative to process a backlog of 38,000 regular unemployment claims by June 12. As of Monday, 900 claims remain in that backlog. While the state didn't meet its goal, it processed 98% of the oldest...

katu.com

Oregon unemployment dips slightly in May, still higher than any pre-COVID-19 month

Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 14.2% in May from its adjusted record high of 14.9% in April,...

www.registerguard.com

According to a blog by David Cooper and Julia Wolfe of the Economic Policy Institute, Oregon has the highest rate of workers who are receiving unemployment benefits or waiting on their claim to be approved with 23.8% of the labor market being in that situation as of June 12.

Nationally, the unemployment rate dropped to 13.3% in May from 14.7% in April, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The national record for U.S. unemployment rate was 24.9% in 1933 during the Great Depression.

 

[The Heretic]

Jobless Claims Show Another 1.5 Million Filings (Published 2020)

The latest on stock market and business news during the coronavirus outbreak.

www.nytimes.com

 

[The Heretic]

Participants offer inside look at employment department debacle

Given the unprecedented surge in unemployment this spring, it shouldn't surprise anyone that Oregon's Employment Department has been overwhelmed. But that's little comfort to the jobless looking for their unemployment benefits or the workers inside the embattled agency.

www.oregonlive.com

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

Is ANYONE in Oregon getting unemployment insurance payments?

The only people I know actually getting the $600 Federal was already on Oregon UI before the lockdown in March.

 

[The Heretic]

Is ANYONE in Oregon getting unemployment insurance payments?

The only people I know actually getting the $600 Federal was already on Oregon UI before the lockdown in March.

I think most people are. I have been getting payments for over a month now IIRC. I applied the first week of April IIRC, and checks started about 6 weeks later. I get both the state and federal.

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

I think most people are. I have been getting payments for over a month now IIRC. I applied the first week of April IIRC, and checks started about 6 weeks later. I get both the state and federal.

I suspect that the state is deliberately ignoring Eastern Oregon.

 

[MTpockets]

I suspect that the state is deliberately ignoring Eastern Oregon.

Inquire using this Bend, Oregon number.

1(541)388-6207 then Press 1, then Press 1

(let me know if it works for you)

 

[The Heretic]

Total of those receiving unemployment benefits falls below 20 million

Jobless claims totaled 1.48 million last week as unemployment related to the coronavirus pandemic remained stubbornly high. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting 1.35 million claims.

www.cnbc.com

 

[The Heretic]

Think that extra $600 in unemployment benefits will last until the end of July? Think again.

Out-of-work Americans counting on an extra $600 a week through July may be surprised to learn that benefit will disappear nearly a week earlier.

www.usatoday.com

 

[The Heretic]

State employees wasted hours on Instagram as unemployment backlog grew: 'A lot of us were playing on our phones'

An Oregon Employment Department worker described wasted time, political influence and an ineffective system for processing Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims.

www.kgw.com

 

[The Heretic]

Washington's Employment Security Department has admitted that its running out of money

www.washingtonpolicy.org

 

[The Heretic]

US private sector added 2.37M jobs in June, ADP says

The data is typically a good indicator of what to expect in the more closely watched jobs report from the Labor Department.

www.foxbusiness.com

 

[The Heretic]

Record jobs gain of 4.8 million in June smashes expectations; unemployment rate falls to 11.1%

Another big contributor to the decline of the jobless rate was a plunge in those on temporary layoff. That total fell by 4.8 million in June to 10.6 million after a decrease of 2.7 million in May.

www.cnbc.com

 

[The Heretic]

White House's Kudlow: moment for 'generous' unemployment benefits has passed

White House Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow, heralding the U.S. gains in millions of jobs in June, said on Thursday Americans no longer need extra money that was tacked on to unemployment benefits to help those laid off during the coronavirus pandemic stay financially afloat.

www.reuters.com

 

[The Heretic]

U.S. job growth roars back, but COVID-19 resurgence threatens recovery

The U.S. economy created jobs at a record clip in June as more restaurants and bars reopened, but 31.5 million Americans were collecting unemployment checks in the middle of the month, and a resurgence in COVID-19 cases suggested the labor market could suffer a setback in July.

www.reuters.com

 

[The Heretic]

New unemployment claims increase for 2nd week in Wash. state

OLYMPIA, Wash. - New claims for unemployment in Washington state have increased for the second week in a row as the coronavirus continues its assault on the economy, according to figures released Thursday by the state Employment Security Department. There were 31,911 new unemployment claims...

komonews.com

 

[Xaevian]

New unemployment claims increase for 2nd week in Wash. state

OLYMPIA, Wash. - New claims for unemployment in Washington state have increased for the second week in a row as the coronavirus continues its assault on the economy, according to figures released Thursday by the state Employment Security Department. There were 31,911 new unemployment claims...

komonews.com

WA state government is putting most employees on a 1 day per week furlough so they can get unemployment until the Fed unemployment stimulus runs out. That started this week, so yeah, that is a lot of new claims. I didn't read your attached article yet.

 

[The Heretic]

WA state government is putting most employees on a 1 day per week furlough so they can get unemployment until the Fed unemployment stimulus runs out. That started this week, so yeah, that is a lot of new claims. I didn't read your attached article yet.

That is interesting. In Oregon, if you work part time, and make more than the benefit, then you don't get the benefit, but I don't know whether that disqualifies you from getting the $600 fed benefit or not.

I remember during the housing bubble crash, some states in the SE USA were advising older unemployed people to go on SSI disability so as to get them off the UI roles. I don't know about then, but I know now it is pretty hard to get on SSI disability - it takes 6-12 months and doctors basically have to testify that you are an invalid. Even then people don't get on it.

 

[The Heretic]

California Extends Unemployment Benefits

EDD will provide up to 20 additional weeks of unemployment

spectrumnews1.com

Policy Basics: How Many Weeks of Unemployment Compensation Are Available? | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The federal-state unemployment insurance (UI) system helps many people who have lost their jobs by temporarily replacing part of their wages. (See “Policy Basics: Unemployment Insurance.”) Under...

www.cbpp.org