There are 5 article(s) tagged unemployment benefits:

• June 2021

  • The Great Resignation: Workers leave old jobs for new priorities

    As America comes out of the pandemic, workers are embracing the opportunity for career change while employers large and small scramble to adjust to a new paradigm. 

    By Don Wade June 21, 2021

• June 2020

  • Unemployment still double digits, but down from record 15.5%

    Tennessee gained nearly 94,000 nonfarm jobs in May, but total jobs were down nearly 266,000 from a year earlier, reflecting COVID-19's devastation of hospitality, manufacturing and services sectors.

    By Wayne Risher June 18, 2020

• May 2020

  • New data paints ugly picture of job losses in Memphis metro

    COVID-19 pushed the April unemployment rates in Memphis and Shelby County to 14.3% and 12.9%, respectively, but those rates remained below the statewide and national averages of 14.7%.

    By Wayne Risher May 28, 2020

• April 2020

  • Department of Labor likely to rebuff call to waive unemployment certifications

    A House Democratic leader's call for the governor to waive weekly unemployment certification for hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans is drawing skepticism from the state's Labor and Workforce Development commissioner.

    By Sam Stockard April 23, 2020

  • Expanded unemployment benefits begin with $94 million in payments

    The state also says it has opened the unemployment claims process to self-employed, freelancers and gig economy workers who are newly qualified for benefits because of the CARES Act.

    By Wayne Risher April 14, 2020