There are 18 article(s) tagged unemployment:

• October 2021

  • GOP proposal to give unemployment to those who quit to avoid vaccination

    Additional bill considered during special legislative session for Ford incentives.

    By Ian Round October 19, 2021

• December 2020

  • Unemployment rate in Shelby County slides

    Memphis’ unemployment rate fell from a revised 13.1% in October to 8.6%.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 24, 2020

• November 2020

  • Unemployment rates in Shelby County, Memphis rise

    Shelby County’s rate of 11% rose from 10.3% in September, making it the highest county rate in the state.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 25, 2020

• October 2020

  • Unemployment nudges down in Memphis, Shelby

    The Shelby County unemployment rate is back in single digits for the first time since COVID-19 hit in March, according to the state’s September jobs report.

    By Wayne Risher October 23, 2020

• 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

  • FedEx sets peak season hiring in Memphis

    FedEx said it’s hiring 3,390 people in the Memphis area to meet expected record demand during the holiday peak season.

    By Wayne Risher September 23, 2020

• 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

  • COVID-19 swells city, county jobless ranks

    Memphis, Shelby County and the metro area in July recorded their highest unemployment rates since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

    By Wayne Risher August 27, 2020

• July 2020

  • Thousands of jobless claims still rolling in

    University of Memphis economist John Gnuschke said it will take years, not months, for Memphis to recover from devastating job losses caused by COVID-19.

    By Wayne Risher July 16, 2020

  • COVID-19 job cuts reach 1 in 4 workers

    Tennessee data showed 53,703 Shelby County residents and 256,645 Tennesseans were receiving unemployment benefits in the week ending July 4.

    By Wayne Risher July 09, 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

• April 2020

  • New jobless filings in Memphis area nearly triple pre-COVID ranks

    The ranks of Tennesseans unemployed in the Memphis area grew by another 8,215 people last week, reaching 65,147 since the COVID-19 economic shutdown began in mid-March.

    By Wayne Risher April 30, 2020

  • Memphis chamber seeks to disaster-proof businesses

    The chamber will be enlisting help from city and county officials and businesses, small and large, to set up a business response council “to deal not just with recovery, but resilience and reset,” Robertson told a Shelby County Commission committee Wednesday, April 29.

    By Wayne Risher April 30, 2020

  • Memphis area jobless claims tick up slightly

    Tennessee's jobless claims from the Memphis area rose slightly in the week ending April 18 and totaled 56,932 since coronavirus-related business closings began in mid-March.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 23, 2020

  • Tennessee reports surge in jobless claims in Memphis area

    The two-week toll in unemployment claims in Greater Memphis counties in Tennessee came to 16,903 when state officials reported regional numbers Thursday, April 2.

    By Wayne Risher April 02, 2020

  • Waiting for the stimulus, jobless look to expanded unemployment relief

    Legions of laid-off residents, from restaurant and hotel workers to self-employed, freelancers and participants in the gig economy, await Tennessee's processing of enhanced unemployment benefits funded by Uncle Sam.

    By Wayne Risher April 01, 2020

• March 2020

  • Unemployment crisis: State jobless numbers jump, 4,355 claims in greater Memphis

    The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development is training other state workers to handle the surge in unemployment claims, but lawmakers are asking for more help.

    By Sam Stockard, Omer Yusuf March 28, 2020

  • State unemployment steady at 3.3% in January

    Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.3% for the third consecutive month in January.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 05, 2020