There are 3 article(s) tagged Tennessee unemployment:

• August 2020

  • Tennessee unemployment to increase to nearly $600 per week

    The Lost Wages Assistance will end when the federal grant funding is exhausted. If the federal funding is not exhausted, payments in Tennessee will end Saturday, Dec. 26.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 28, 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

  • Stream of jobless claims slows as business rebounds

    Tennessee reported 5,676 new unemployment claims from the Memphis area in week ending May 30, for total of 97,696 since COVID-19 began causing massive layoffs and business closings.

    By Wayne Risher June 04, 2020