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Some Oregonians seeking unemployment insurance benefits are frustrated over long wait times to resolve application issues. The concerns follow the employment department’s rollout of a new website.
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Scammers pulled off one of the biggest suspected frauds in U.S. history while laid-off workers scrambled to survive. A CalMatters investigation finds that the EDD missed red flags and failed to make long-promised changes before the pandemic — and that once the twin crises hit, the state and its top contractors kept making money but were slow to deliver relief.
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Recoveries from recessions do not affect all sectors of society equally, we've learned. Just ask older workers who lost jobs in the Great Recession.…
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The realization often comes to us in the form of a question, one day at work: what am I doing here? Followed by: but what else would I do? Julie Jansen…
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You've heard the phrase: it only takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch.In this segment we ask if workplaces stuck with so-called toxic workers also…
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Once upon a time, you got a job, someone showed you to your desk, and you got to work... for YEARS. The days of people sticking 25 or even five years at…
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Growing up isn't easy, and apparently, neither is moving out.More and more young adults are living with their parents into their 20s and even 30s.This…
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The last time Oregon's employment shot up this high, Bill Clinton was president, and "Waterworld" was in movie theatres. Figures from the state Employment…
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The recent findings that Oregon job openings are staying open for long periods because of under-qualified workers got the attention of political leaders.…
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Both employers and potential employees are complaining about the current hiring climate in Oregon. The employers want workers and the workers want jobs,…
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Officially, the national recession ended several years ago. You could not prove that by a lot of workers, especially in Oregon. But employment in the…
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It is not a very Happy New Year for unemployed people, but it's even less happy for the long-term unemployed. Because Congress recessed for the holiday…
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Oregon's unemployment rate is only now dropping to levels last seen before the Great Recession. But there's still plenty of room for improvement;…
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California officials knew a computer upgrade for the state's unemployment insurance program was vulnerable to problems before it was installed.The…