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Oregon Employment Department in Salem. Rowan Hayes was cautiously optimistic when she read a Dec. 6, 2023, letter from the Oregon Employment Department saying she was eligible for unemployment ...
Since this statistic is published weekly, it is commonly depended on as a current indicator of the labor market and the economy generally. In 2016, the number of people on unemployment benefits fell to around 2.14 million, the lowest in the last 4 decades. [65] In April 2020, claims reached 40 million, a new all-time high. [citation needed]
The Employment Department is the agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon which is responsible for administration of the state's unemployment insurance program, operation of a statewide employment service through a system of public employment offices, statistical research and reporting to assist job development in both the public and private sector, and provision oversight ...
Oregon uses the average weekly wage (AWW) (which is $1,093 in 2021) as the benchmark for reimbursement. An employee making close to minimum wage (which is less than 65 percent of the AWW) will ...
1971: The Oregon Legislature created the Oregon Department of Human Resources, an agency providing a spectrum of human services to individuals, families and communities. . Over the years parts of the agency were spun off, becoming the Oregon Department of Corrections, the Oregon Employment Department, the Oregon Youth Authority, and the Oregon Housing and Community Services Departm
The claims data covered the period during which the government surveyed businesses for the nonfarm payrolls component of November's employment report. Claims dropped by 29,000 between the October ...
The weekly jobless claims report from the Labor Department on Thursday, however, suggested that it was getting harder for the unemployed to land new jobs relative to last year. A loosening labor ...
Claims fell considerably between the August and September survey weeks. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 142,000 jobs in August, below the average monthly gain of 202,000 over the past 12 months.