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6/11/2020Read More...
Initial unemployment insurance claims for week of May 31 – June 6, 2020
During the week of May 31 through June 6, there were 29,713 initial regular unemployment claims (down 4.8% from the prior week) and 729,053 total claims for all unemployment benefit categories (a decrease of 45,906) filed by Washingtonians, according to the Employment Security Department (ESD).
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6/10/2020Read More...
Commissioner LeVine’s statement on state audit of unemployment system
OLYMPIA – Employment Security Department (ESD) Commissioner, Suzi LeVine, released this statement today regarding the Washington State Auditor’s Office announcement of an upcoming audit of the Unemployment Insurance system.
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6/4/2020Read More...
Initial unemployment insurance claims for week of May 24-30, 2020
During the week of May 24-30, there were 31,224 initial regular unemployment claims (down 36% from the prior week) and 774,959 total claims for all unemployment benefit categories (a decrease of 155,423) filed by Washingtonians, according to the Employment Security Department (ESD). ESD believes the continued decrease is due to a variety of reasons including fraud prevention measures and more people going back to work with the reopening of some industry sectors and regions over the past three weeks.
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6/1/2020Read More...
Washington wins second grant to support economic recovery from COVID-19
OLYMPIA – Washington workers negatively affected by COVID-19 will gain employment and training for in-demand occupations that pay a living wage through a new $12 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL).
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5/28/2020Read More...
Initial unemployment insurance claims for week of May 17-23, 2020
During the week of May 17-23, there were 48,445 initial regular unemployment claims, down 65% from the prior week and 1,497,591 total claims for all unemployment benefit categories filed by Washingtonians, according to the Employment Security Department (ESD). ESD believes the decrease was in large part due to significant fraud prevention measures that were put in place over the past two weeks.
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5/21/2020Read More...
Initial unemployment insurance claims for week of May 10-16, 2020
During the week of May 10-16, there were 138,733 initial regular unemployment claims (an increase of 29,308 from the previous week) and 1,670,580 total claims for all unemployment benefit categories (an increase of 369,016 from the previous week) filed by Washingtonians, according to the Employment Security Department (ESD).
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5/20/2020Read More...
April 2020 Monthly Employment Report: Payroll employment plummets, unemployment rate soars
Washington’s economy lost 527,000 jobs in April and the state’s preliminary seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate for April increased from 5.1 percent to 15.4 percent according to the Employment Security Department (ESD).
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5/18/2020Read More...
Update on imposter fraud from Commissioner Suzi LeVine
OLYMPIA - Since the beginning of May, the Employment Security Department (ESD) has been experiencing a dramatic rise in incidents of “imposter fraud,” where an individual using stolen personal information fraudulently apply for unemployment benefits. ESD Commissioner, Suzi LeVine, released this statement on Monday as an update to information she shared last week.