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  2. Unemployment insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Employment Development Department - Wikipedia

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    www.edd.ca.gov. In California, the Employment Development Department (EDD) is a department of the state government that administers Unemployment Insurance (UI), Disability Insurance (DI), and Paid Family Leave (PFL) programs. The department also provides employment service programs and collects the state's labor market information and ...

  4. Washington State Employment Security Department - Wikipedia

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    Agency executive. Suzan G. LeVine, Commissioner. Website. esd.wa.gov. The Washington State Employment Security Department is a government agency for the U.S. state of Washington that is tasked with management of the unemployment system. It was established by the Washington State Legislature in 1947, replacing an earlier system. [1]

  5. Unemployment benefits - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by governmental bodies to unemployed people. Depending on the country and the status of the person, those sums may be small, covering only basic needs, or may compensate the lost time ...

  6. Equifax Workforce Solutions - Wikipedia

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    Equifax Workforce Solutions, formerly known as TALX (pronounced "talks"), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Equifax. [1][2][3] It is based in St. Louis, Missouri. [4] The company was originally founded in 1972 under the name Interface Technology Inc. The company maintains a database named "The Work Number" that holds and maintains employment and ...

  7. Oklahoma Employment Security Commission - Wikipedia

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    The commission was created by the Oklahoma Legislature in 1941. The commission is responsible for operating local workforce centers throughout the state. These centers provide testing, career counseling and placement services for job seekers; solicits job orders from employers; refers job seekers to jobs; and maintains a statewide online job listing databank.

  8. Texas Workforce Commission - Wikipedia

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    Texas Workforce Commission headquarters. The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is a governmental agency in the U.S. state of Texas that provides unemployment benefits and services related to employment to eligible individuals and businesses. [1]

  9. Labor force in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The labor force is the actual number of people available for work and is the sum of the employed and the unemployed. The U.S. labor force reached a high of 164.6 million persons in February 2020, just at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. [1] Before the pandemic, the U.S. labor force had risen each year since 1960 with the ...