Unemployment rates down, jobs up across state
— July 23, 2021The number of nonfarm jobs increased over-the-year in all 14 Illinois metropolitan areas in June according to preliminary data released July 22 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…
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State unemployment falls to 7.1 percent in March
— April 15, 2021SPRINGFIELD – The statewide unemployment rate in Illinois fell three-tenths of a percentage point in March, to 7.1 percent, as the daily count of new COVID-19 cases and the case positivity…
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Committee questions unemployment benefits backlog
— February 11, 2021SPRINGFIELD —Representatives of the Illinois Department of Employment Security on Wednesday, Feb. 10 testified before the Senate Labor Committee about fraudulent claims, continued…
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Statewide unemployment rate up in December
— January 25, 2021The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) said Jan. 22 that the unemployment rate increased 0.7 percentage point to 7.6 percent, while nonfarm payrolls were nearly unchanged,…
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Unemployment rates up, jobs down in all metro areas
— October 23, 2020The number of nonfarm jobs decreased over-the-year in all 14 Illinois metropolitan areas in September, with four metro areas at record low payrolls for that month, according to preliminary…
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New jobless claims fall sharply as unemployment rate drops
— March 25, 2021SPRINGFIELD – First-time unemployment claims fell sharply last week as both the state and national economies have begun gradually reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Illinois…
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First-time jobless claims drop sharply
— February 4, 2021SPRINGFIELD – First-time unemployment claims in Illinois dropped sharply in the last week of January as most regions in the state slowly began reopening following the latest wave…
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State sees surge in new jobless claims
— December 11, 2020SPRINGFIELD – More than 107,000 Illinois workers filed first-time unemployment claims last week, a 45-percent increase over the week before as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to wreak…
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