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As employers – largely in the service sector – continue to struggle to find willing workers, much of the blame is being placed on the extended, supplementary federal unemployment benefits.
Published: Saturday, November 13th, 2021 @ 9:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Under the Bureau of Labor Statistics definition, discouraged workers are those who would otherwise be in the labor force but have gone so long without finding a job that they have stopped looking. According to critics of North Carolina's July 2013 exit from extended benefits under the...
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 2:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to official government estimates, paying people not to work for extended periods of time is good for the economy, because it encourages consumer spending. This is an excellent reason why you should not take official government estimates all that seriously.
Published: Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 @ 9:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Unemployment figures for March 2011, released today by the North Carolina Employment Security Commission, show Beaufort County's unemployment rate improving for the second-consecutive month.
Published: Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 @ 12:42 pm
By: BCN
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Unless state legislators take swift action, beginning Apr. 16, the maximum number of weeks for which a North Carolina resident can file for unemployment benefits is set to be reduced from 99 to 79.
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2011 @ 3:36 pm
By: BCN
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