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U.S. unemployment claims rose to 230,000 last week, up 2,000 claims from 228,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis. Nebraska saw the largest percentage increase in weekly claims, with ...
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Missouri dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...
U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 227,000 last week, down 7,000 claims from 234,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis. North Dakota saw the largest percentage increase in weekly ...
The maximum unemployment benefit is (as of March 2009) 57.4% of €162 per day (Social security contributions ceiling in 2011), or €6900 per month. [28] Claimants receive 57,4% of their average daily salary of the last 12 months preceding unemployment with the average amount being €1,111 per month. [29]
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 unemployment insurance program is a benefit for workers who have lost their jobs. The maximum duration of benefits has increased from 26 to 99 weeks in some states. Unemployment extensions across the U.S. are typically not a concern due to stringent policies that state unemployment agencies have enacted in recent years.
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Unemployment rate by jurisdiction. Data for all U.S. states, the District of Columbia [4] and Puerto Rico [5] is from June 2023 and September 2021, respectively. Data for Guam is from September 2019, and data for American Samoa is from 2018. Data for the Northern Mariana Islands is from April 2010 (more than ten years old) it is included but ...