Initial filings for unemployment benefits in North Carolina rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department ...

North Carolina legislators say they’re encouraged by improvements made within the state’s Division of Employment Security ...

The state’s Division of Employment Security is making progress toward improving first time unemployment insurance payments, ...

The auditor’s report says that, in at least 11,000 cases last year, the North Carolina division sent unemployment benefit payments more than 35 days after the claim was made. In 6,000 cases ...

Workers who live or work in the 39 impacted counties qualify for up to 14 weeks of federal benefits. Those benefits will be ...

The job losses are not as severe as during the pandemic, but the recovery is more complicated as Buncombe County goes from ...

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell markedly last week following a big increase the week before ...

Only eight states have a lower weekly maximum unemployment benefit than North Carolina. The N.C. Division of Employment Security estimates it may take between two and three weeks for impacted ...

North Carolina legislators say they’re encouraged ... As of Dec. 10, Keith said the office paid $43 million in unemployment benefits to 17,659 people. More than 7,700 claims are pending and ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in North Carolina rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs ...