There are 4 article(s) tagged Memphis unemployment:

• March 2022

  • Inked: South Main Trek Bicycle closes

    Bite Ninja opens, Trek Bicycle closes and Memphis region employment recovers to pre-pandemic levels.

    By Neil Strebig March 16, 2022

• September 2020

  • Shelby’s jobs picture worst in Tennessee, again

    The number of unemployed Memphians increased in August, although the jobless rate declined because of growth in the labor force.

    By Wayne Risher September 24, 2020

• July 2020

  • More than 57,000 in Memphis area draw jobless pay

    University of Memphis economist warns that ending $600-a-week federal jobless payment would endanger a fragile economic recovery and dampen wages and wage increases for workers.

    By Wayne Risher July 02, 2020

• June 2020

  • High jobless rate persists in Memphis

    Nearly one in four Memphis area workers filed for unemployment benefits at some point since March 15, data shows. As businesses reopened double-digit unemployment rates continued in May.

    By Wayne Risher June 25, 2020