OREGON – The Oregon Employment Department is making two big changes to its phone hours starting in June. The announcement came Wednesday morning during the employment department’s media briefing. The first change, which starts on June 4, reduces phone hours ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – NBC5 News heard from a former Asante employee who’s saying she’s had trouble receiving her unemployment benefits from Oregon. Catherine Bogan was one of Asante’s 3% of workers laid off in February by the health system. She ...
MEDFORD, Ore.- Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 3900 jobs last month. The employment department said in a release that the rise of jobs in December follows a heavy loss of 5,900 jobs in November. December saw the most job gains ...
SOUTHERN OREGON, Ore. – A new report from the Oregon Employment Department projects the Rogue Valley will add 13,000 jobs between 2021 and 2031. That’s an 11 percent increase, which one local economist, Guy Tauer, said is down from the ...
SALEM, Ore. – For the first time since April 2020, Oregon saw its unemployment rate rise. The state’s unemployment rate went up to 3.7% in August from 3.5% in July. August saw the addition of 9,300 jobs. The largest growth ...
Outdated computer system made wait times longer for Oregon unemployment during pandemic, audit finds
Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW) SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — The Oregon Employment Department (OED) struggled with an unprecedented surge in unemployment claims when the pandemic began, leaving some beneficiaries waiting weeks or months for their checks, but a new audit says ...
Author: Alma McCarty (KGW) OREGON, USA (KGW) — Two years ago, the pandemic forced closures and layoffs. Many filed for unemployment for the first time, trying to make ends meet while dealing all the other COVID-related challenges. Now, state economists ...
SALEM, Ore. – Oregon’s unemployment rate continues to drop. The Oregon Employment Department said the state’s unemployment rate in October was an unusually low 4.4%, down from 4.7% in September. Among the major industries, leisure and hospitality added over 3,000 ...
SALEM, Ore. – Oregon’s unemployment rate continues to drop. The Oregon Employment Department said the state’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.7% in September from 5.0% in August. Last month, 102,000 Oregonians were unemployed. “This is a remarkable improvement from the ...
As the federal pandemic unemployment benefits program expires, an estimated 7.5 million families could struggle to make ends meet, according to the Century Foundation, a progressive think tank. NBC News’ Ben Popken explains what’s next for families who received unemployment ...