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4/12/2011Read More...
Investigators finding more benefits fraud
OLYMPIA – Investigators identified nearly 7,000 people last year who lied, cheated, scammed and schemed in order to collect unemployment benefits. This small minority of claimants collected more than $14 million in unemployment benefits through fraud – about 56 percent more than in 2009.
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4/8/2011Read More...
Federal government shutdown will not interrupt unemployment benefits for WorkSource job services
OLYMPIA – Officials with the Washington State Employment Security Department are assuring unemployed workers that unemployment benefits will continue to be paid even if the federal government shuts down.
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4/5/2011Read More...
Free workshops expand to help jobseekers in Boeing hiring blitz
EVERETT – More aerospace jobs are concentrated in Snohomish County than anywhere in the world, and the number is growing. But getting the attention of Boeing and other aerospace companies can be daunting for some jobseekers.
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3/23/2011Read More...
Unemployment spam not from Employment Security
OLYMPIA – Advertisers are using phrases such as “Unemployment Information Center” and “Get Unemployment Benefits” in emails targeting the unemployed. The emails ask for personal information and offer services ranging from debt relief and credit-score checks to tarot readings.
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3/22/2011Read More...
Job help expanded for displaced temporaries at Seattle cement plant
OLYMPIA – The U.S. Department of Labor is making special employment assistance available to temporary workers who lost their jobs or had hours reduced at Lafarge North America, a Seattle cement company that cut production last year.
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3/15/2011Read More...
Job gains continued in February
OLYMPIA – Washington added an estimated 800 jobs in February and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.1 percent from January’s revised rate of 9.2 percent.
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3/3/2011Read More...
In tight job market, training services in high demand
OLYMPIA – Unemployment benefits do more than just pay the bills while laid-off workers seek new employment. They also provide an opportunity to retrain many of those workers to fill jobs in the new economy.
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3/1/2011Read More...
2011 begins with big job gains
OLYMPIA – Washington’s unemployment rate dipped from 9.3 percent in December to 9.1 percent in January, backed by the strongest month of job growth in more than three years.