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7/14/2010Read More...
New law improves tax fairness for employers
OLYMPIA – A new law improves the fairness of Washington’s tax system for employers who fail to pay unemployment taxes on time. Until now, delinquent employers were assigned the maximum possible tax rate, plus a penalty amount, regardless of whether their regular tax rate was 1 percent or 6 percent.
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7/8/2010Read More...
Annual report: No job shortage in agriculture
OLYMPIA – Washington state produced a bumper crop of agricultural jobs in 2009, according to a report released today by the Employment Security Department.
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7/7/2010Read More...
Supplemental green-jobs report focuses on forestry
OLYMPIA – More than 10 percent of forestry-related jobs are green, compared to about 3 percent for the state economy as a whole, according to a new report by the Employment Security Department.
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7/1/2010Read More...
Dislocated-worker funds released
OLYMPIA – The state Employment Security Department has distributed $18.5 million statewide to fund local services for dislocated workers during the July 2010 through June 2011 fiscal year.
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6/17/2010Read More...
Increase in 2009 wages brings small bump in jobless benefits
OLYMPIA – The loss of thousands of low-paying jobs helped to increase the average wage in Washington in 2009, according to the Employment Security Department. The 1.9 percent increase drove the average annual wage to $47,153, the smallest increase since 2004. The average weekly wage was $906.
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6/15/2010Read More...
Jobless rate drops for second straight month
OLYMPIA – Washington’s unemployment rate fell to 9.1 percent in May, the lowest level since the same month a year ago. The state economy also picked up an estimated 8,600 jobs in May, the bulk of which were federal Census jobs. With the May job gains, Washington has added jobs in four of the first five months of 2010, for a net gain of 25,800 so far this year.
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6/10/2010Read More...
Gov. Gregoire encourages use of tax credits to put Washingtonians back to work
OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire today urged Washington employers to take advantage of new federal tax credits worth thousands of dollars for hiring unemployed workers.
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5/18/2010Read More...
Washington jobless rate falls for first time in three years
OLYMPIA – Washington’s unemployment rate fell in April for the first time in more than three years, backed by an increase of 5,800 jobs. The rate went from 9.5 percent in March to 9.2 percent in April. The last time the unemployment rate declined was March 2007, when the rate moved from 4.5 percent to 4.4 percent, a record low in Washington. Since then, the rate has stayed the same or increased for 36 straight months.