OREGON — The Oregon Unemployment Department is switching to a new online system. Benefits for unemployment insurance customers go live through their new system ‘Frances Online’ on March 4. Department representatives say claimants should create an account online once it ...
SALEM, Ore. – During a teleconference Friday morning, the director of Oregon’s Employment Department, Kay Erickson said the agency is taking responsibility for its shortfalls the past few months. Erickson says there are still 38,000 backlogged claims for unemployment, with ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — The pandemic has jeopardized the incomes of many gig workers. Gig workers are independent contractors or on-call workers, essentially, people who are temporary workers. “While I was doing passengers, I did notice that it slowed down,” said ...