MEDFORD, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Employment released local unemployment numbers for April, May 27. They show just how much our economy has suffered during this pandemic. “It’s gonna take the pandemic to end before the economy can really ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – New unemployment numbers show the damage coronavirus has inflicted upon Oregon’s economy. Currently, more than 266,000 Oregonians are without a job. Unemployment has reached a record high in Oregon going from 3.5% in March to 14.2% in ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– The U.S. Department of Labor announced unemployment insurance claims hit the 30 million mark nationally in the six week period since jobs began to drop off in mid-March. Last week, the department recorded another 3.87 million claims for ...
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 ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– Oregon’s gig workers and self-employed have up to this point been unable to collect unemployment. People with jobs such as musicians, contractors, ridesharing drivers or freelance writers have been unable to receive these income benefits for the last ...
PORTLAND, Ore. – The State of Oregon is working on waiving the one-week waiting period for unemployment benefits. The program could provide more than $100 million in additional help. For people who have already filed for unemployment the change will ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– Oregon is no exception to the massive unemployment numbers. Last week, the Oregon Employment Department recorded an additional 53,800 claims for unemployment. That’s on top of another 243,000. Areas affected the most have been hotels and restaurants but ...
OREGON — Unemployment numbers hit an all-time high this week with 6.6 million Americans filing for benefits and over 45,000 claims in Oregon. As a result the state is dealing with an influx of unemployment claims, making it hard to ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – The Rogue Valley Family YMCA has let go of 90 part-time and seasonal staff members. The ‘Y’ closed its doors to anything but emergency child care for first responders last week. That came at the request of ...
SALEM, Ore. – The coronavirus pandemic is leaving its mark on the economy as unemployment claims spike. More than three million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, more than quadruple the previous record set in 1982 when 695,000 people ...