If you are hiring at minimum wage, you should expect minimum effort. The problem is that it has become commonplace for those who go above and beyond, often at their own expense, to be seen as the rule and not the exception.
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North Carolina's July County and area employment figures released
Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) decreased in 99 of North Carolina’s counties in July and remained unchanged in one. Scotland County had the highest unemployment rate at 9.1 percent while Avery County had the lowest at 3.5 percent. All fifteen of the state’s metro areas experienced rate decreases. Among the metro areas, Rocky Mount had the highest rate at 6.7 percent while Durham-Chapel Hill and Raleigh each had the lowest at 3.9 percent. The July not seasonally adjusted statewide rate was 4.6 percent.
John Hood: Unemployment news isn’t so rosy
The latest estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show about 251,000 North Carolinians unemployed as of April, down about 58,000 since the beginning of 2021.
NC House Republicans call on Gov. Cooper to reinstate unemployment work search requirements
North Carolina House Majority Leader John Bell led a letter with sixty of his Republican colleagues in calling on Governor Roy Cooper to reinstate unemployment work search requirements.
John Hood: Too many workers are sidelined
The latest federal job report is out — and it shows North Carolina’s employment recovery stalling out a bit during the first quarter of 2021.
NC News: State unemployment rate drops to 6.5 percent, within 3 points of 2019's rate
Raleigh - According to a press release from the NC Department of Commerce, the state’s seasonally adjusted August unemployment rate was 6.5 percent, decreasing 2.0 percentage points from July’s revised rate. The national rate decreased by 1.8 percentage points to 8.4 percent. North Carolina’s August 2020 unemployment rate increased 2.7 percentage points from a year ago.
NC News: State's adjusted June unemployment rate decreases 5.2 points from May’s revised rate
The state’s seasonally adjusted June unemployment rate was 7.6 percent, decreasing 5.2 points from May’s revised rate. The national rate decreased 2.2 percentage points to 11.1 percent.
John Hood: Cooper Isn’t Addressing Urgent Needs
North Carolina is experiencing an economic disaster, one of the largest and fastest downturns in the history of our state. Our leaders should be responding to this crisis with great urgency. Gov. Roy Cooper is not.
Governor Cooper: We owe it to small businesses to keep them afloat
Today, Governor Cooper issued an Executive Order allowing furloughed employees who received compensation to also be eligible for unemployment compensation. He also addressed the need to make more funding available for small business owners through the Golden LEAF Foundation’s Rapid Recovery Program.
Sen. Perry statement on unemployment application fiasco
The lack of clarity from the N.C. Division of Employment Security on the application process for the federal unemployment program it has been tasked to administer leaves thousands of North Carolinians in the dark. Instead of coming up with concrete timelines and solutions, unemployed North Carolinians are being left hanging for weeks. Now they have to worry about whether they’ll be able to pay their bills.
Governor Cooper hints at Executive Order limiting number of customers at essential retail locations
Governor Cooper is not ready to commit to a stay-at-home order for the month of May. He also shared in a Tuesday afternoon press conference that 400,000 people have applied for unemployment benefits with 110,000 recipients so far at a cost of $26 million. He also highlighted how some retail stores are restricting the number of customers in a store based on square footage, including having a staff member stand at the door. He hinted at a soon-coming Executive Order to place restrictions on retail locations across the state.
NCDHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen announced the creation of an Emergency Child Care Subsidy Program to support essential workers. “Through this new program – essential workers can get help finding childcare and get help paying for that child care.”
2,500% surge in unemployment claims challenges benefits process
Over 300,000 North Carolinians filed for unemployment benefits in the last two weeks of March with COVID-19 as the primary reason. According to the Tax Foundation, for the period covering March 14 to March 21, North Carolina experienced a greater than 2,500% surge in unemployment claims.
Neuse News Facebook Live Coronavirus Chat on 3-23-20 with Senator Jim Perry
Watch NC Senator Jim Perry join Neuse News Publisher BJ Murphy for a Facebook Live Coronavirus Chat. They discussed unemployment benefits, small business assistance, the federal government’s financial response and what the State of NC is doing.