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10/18/2010Read More...
Auditors finding more unpaid taxes in 2010
OLYMPIA – Employment Security auditors are identifying more unpaid unemployment taxes by placing added focus on industries that have been more likely to fail to report employees and wages.
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9/30/2010Read More...
Free Microsoft online courses available
OLYMPIA - Employment Security Commissioner Karen Lee announced today that more than 1,000 different online Microsoft computer courses are now available for free to Washington residents who want to improve their work skills.
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9/15/2010Read More...
Unemployment rate stays steady
OLYMPIA – Washington’s unemployment rate held steady at 8.9 percent, while the private sector picked up 900 jobs. Overall, payrolls were down 2,000 in August due to the elimination of an estimated 2,900 government jobs.
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8/12/2010Read More...
Unemployment-insurance program turns 75
OLYMPIA – The state of Washington has paid out $28 billion in unemployment benefits to more than 11 million workers since the unemployment-insurance system was created 75 years ago.
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8/2/2010Read More...
Employment Security Commissioner to leave state government
OLYMPIA – Employment Security Commissioner Karen Lee announced today that she will leave her post at the end of September to take a new job.
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7/22/2010Read More...
Washington claimants will be notified automatically about newly extended federal jobless benefits
OLYMPIA – Now that Congress has approved another extension to federal jobless benefits, officials with the Washington State Employment Security Department are urging claimants to not call the claims center to inquire about their eligibility.
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7/19/2010Read More...
Washington job-vacancy report shows first gains in three years
OLYMPIA – Job openings in Washington increased for the first time in nearly three years, according to the Employment Security Department’s “Spring 2010 Washington Job-Vacancy Survey.”
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7/15/2010Read More...
Private-sector jobs increased in June
OLYMPIA – Private-sector payrolls continued to grow in June and Washington’s unemployment rate fell for the third straight month, to 8.9 percent – the lowest rate since April 2009. The May unemployment rate was revised upward from 9.1 percent to 9.2 percent after more analysis.