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Those qualifying for Disaster Unemployment Assistance, in the 39 declared counties, will be represented in the dashboard data. The dashboard is also expected to help lawmakers and stakeholders.
Disaster Unemployment Assistance offers up to 6 months of payments, much longer than North Carolina's regular maximum assistance of 12 weeks.
Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in North Carolina last week compared with the week prior.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS or DHHS) is a large state government agency in the U.S. state of North Carolina, analogous to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. [3] The NCDHHS has more than 18,000 employees.
The unemployment rate in hard-hit Buncombe County rose from 2.5% in September to 8.8% in October – a jump of more than 6%, according to data from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
The commissioner of labor is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The commissioner is a constitutional officer who leads the state's Department of Labor. North Carolina's general statues provide the commissioner with wide-ranging regulatory and enforcement powers to tend to the welfare of the state's workforce.
CNBC's list of "Top States for Business for 2010" has recognized North Carolina as the fourth-best state in the nation, behind Texas, Virginia and Colorado. [8] North Carolina is an at-will employment state, meaning employees in the private sector may be dismissed without prior notice or reason. In October 2019, the unemployment rate was 4%. [9]
North Carolina’s unemployment rate of 3.4% is virtually in the middle of all 50 states. The rate is slightly higher than those of neighboring states Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina.