In yet another sign of turmoil at the N.C. Division of Employment Security, officials announced this week the division overpaid more than $69 million in unemployment benefits last year.
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2021 @ 1:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lockhart Taylor is out as director of employment security at the N.C. Department of Commerce.
Published: Monday, June 1st, 2020 @ 10:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Last weekend, the N.C. Division of Employment Security quietly changed the reporting of unemployment insurance claims, resulting in a significantly lower count of claims activity since March 15.
Published: Sunday, May 17th, 2020 @ 2:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After Gov. Roy Cooper ordered restaurants and bars closed starting March 16 due to the coronavirus, unemployment benefit claims in North Carolina skyrocketed.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 9:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Division of Employment Security wants unemployment benefits for independent contractors and self-employed people up and running by April 25.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 @ 6:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper says the state Division of Employment Security is buried under a “mountain of claims,” receiving more than 20,000 requests for Unemployment Insurance benefits Sunday, March 29.
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2020 @ 10:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Unemployment insurance (UI) reform in North Carolina continues to be the gift that keeps on giving. The 2013 UI reform, made possible by the Republican-dominated General Assembly and Governor Pat McCrory, will enable $240 million in tax savings for state employers in 2016 alone, thanks to a...
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 @ 12:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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After paying off a $2.8 billion debt to the federal government in May 2015, Governor Pat McCrory and the Division of Employment Security (DES) announced that the unemployment trust fund reserve has reached a $1 billion. It's the first time that the trust fund has exceeded $1 billion since May 2001.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:40 am
By: McCrory Communications
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A federal program created under the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program, aka TARP, has allowed more than 11,000 North Carolina homeowners who fell...
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2013 @ 10:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jay Parmley, the former executive director of the NC Democratic Party who helped bring discussions of mano y mano 'crotch-punching' to the state's local papers and newscasts, is getting an up-close-and-personal look at the economic situation he and his allies helped create.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 @ 10:30 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Even though the unemployment rate was nearly two points lower in December 2010 than in January 2010, there were nearly 700 less people employed at the end of the year.
Published: Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 @ 2:23 pm
By: BCN
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