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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.
North Carolina's state unemployment benefits max out at 12 weeks. As of Oct. 10, at least 14,000 WNC residents have applied for disaster unemployment assistance, though state officials say the ...
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 Labor is by law tasked with ensuring the "health, safety, and general well-being" of the state's workforce. [23] North Carolina's general statutes grant the commissioner of labor wide-ranging regulatory and enforcement powers. [ 24 ]
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.
The Federal Unemployment Tax Act (or FUTA, I.R.C. ch. 23) is a United States federal law that imposes a federal employer tax used to help fund state workforce agencies. Employers report this tax by filing Internal Revenue Service Form 940 annually.
Jun. 28—RALEIGH — The state's seasonally adjusted May 2022 unemployment rate was 3.4 percent, remaining unchanged from April's revised rate. The national rate remained unchanged at 3.6 percent.
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.