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1/25/2011Read More...
Less paper equals more cash for employers
OLYMPIA – Electronic tax filing is saving thousands of dollars for employers and the Employment Security Department. Since 2008, the number of paper filers has been cut in half as more employers move to e-filing. About 15 percent of employers, or about 30,000, still file the old-fashioned way – by paper.
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1/20/2011Read More...
Washington businesses to get $43 million tax break on 2010 taxes
OLYMPIA – Washington employers will save an estimated $43 million in federal taxes in 2010 because they hired certain hard-to-place job seekers.
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1/19/2011Read More...
Jobs grew in December, jobless rate ticked up
OLYMPIA – Washington added an estimated 2,100 jobs in December, while the estimated unemployment rate increased slightly from 9.2 percent to 9.3 percent. Job numbers and the unemployment rate are derived from separate surveys. Due to margins of error, the surveys sometimes generate conflicting results.
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1/13/2011Read More...
Washington Service Corps active in MLK Day activities
OLYMPIA – The Washington Service Corps, a branch of the state Employment Security Department, will participate in an array of Martin Luther King Jr. Day events beginning on Jan. 15 in communities across Washington.
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1/6/2011Read More...
Layoff-avoidance program sets new record for saving jobs
OLYMPIA – More than 32,000 Washington workers kept earning a paycheck in 2010, thanks to the Employment Security Department’s Shared-Work Program – that’s up from the record 22,000 saved jobs in 2009.
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12/22/2010Read More...
2010: Another record-setting year for unemployment claims
OLYMPIA – More than a half-million Washington workers collected nearly $4.7 billion in unemployment benefits in 2010 – eclipsing records set in 2009.
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12/17/2010Read More...
Emergency unemployment benefits reauthorized
OLYMPIA – Thousands of Washington’s jobless workers may continue to receive up to 99 weeks of benefits, now that Congress and the president have reauthorized a federal unemployment benefits program that expired last month.
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12/14/2010Read More...
Economy remains in a holding pattern
OLYMPIA – Washington’s employment situation saw little change in November. The jobless rate held steady at 9.2 percent and job numbers remained flat, with a modest gain of an estimated 100 jobs over the month. (October’s rate was revised from 9.1 percent to 9.2 percent after more analysis.)