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With the state’s unemployment rate at 5.2% as of December – the national unemployment rate is 4.1% – and Illinois already being home to the second highest property and corporate income taxes ...
The success of the three lawsuits may encourage workers in other states to file their own lawsuits, according to Andrew Stettner, an unemployment insurance expert and senior fellow at the Century ...
(The Center Square) – An Illinois congressman is calling for the adoption of legislation that would allow for more time to pursue COVID-19 pandemic-era unemployment insurance fraudsters. The ...
Unemployment in the US by State (June 2023) The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state and territory, sortable by name, rate, and change. Data are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment publication.
(The Center Square) – Unemployment in Illinois climbed to 5.3% in October, making the state home to the third highest jobless rate in the country. All told, some 346,000 residents were left ...
In general, southern states have the lowest level of unemployment benefits (with Mississippi at $235.00), and Northeastern states have the highest benefit levels (with Massachusetts at $939.00). [159] The Congressional Budget Office provides periodic reports on unemployment insurance programs. The unemployment insurance (UI) program provides a ...
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
All of the states bordering Illinois have lower minimum wages and lower unemployment rates. Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Wisconsin have a $7.25 minimum wage. Missouri’s minimum wage is $12.30 per ...