Department of Workforce Development call center workers only answered 0.5% of the 41.1 million phone calls made to the department from March 15 to June 30.
Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday that Department of Workforce Development Secretary Caleb Frostman has resigned at Evers' request.
President Donald Trump is heading into the general election with the worst jobs numbers of any president, based on records that go back to World War II.
Another 1.4 million jobs were added to the US economy in August, as the jobs recovery continued to slow.
While Wisconsin’s jobless rate for July was below the 10.2% national rate, it was more than double the 3.4% from a year ago.
It was the third-straight month of improvement after the spring lockdown that decimated the labor market, and the July job gain exceeded economists' expectations. Even so, it was far fewer than the 4.8 million jobs added in June.
Wisconsin residents who receive disability benefits and who had been denied additional unemployment benefits made available due to the coronavirus pandemic can now receive those payments.
It's still not easy to remain employed in the US, nearly four months after the coronavirus pandemic began upending the economy.
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.5% in June.
A new audit says an unknown number of unemployed people in Wisconsin received too much, or not enough, in benefits from the state Department of Workforce in late April.
Wisconsin residents can now apply for 13 more weeks of unemployment benefits using money from the federal coronavirus relief bill.
Although the US economy has shown signs of improvement in recent weeks as lockdown restrictions have eased, millions of Americans are still seeking unemployment aid to make ends meet.
A new report from Gov. Tony Evers' administration projects wages and personal income levels will rebound next year.
Republican lawmakers have said Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration has not moved quickly enough to send checks to the newly unemployed.
Department of Workforce Development released new information Tuesday about the status of unemployment claims throughout the state amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Department of Workforce Development has received more than 80,000 applications for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance in the month since the department began accepting applications.
Unemployment rates in 43 states set record highs last month as the coronavirus pandemic forced nonessential businesses to close across the nation, according to federal data released Friday.
The state Department of Workforce Development announced Friday that it is expanding its call center hours and has contracted outside help to assist with calls and processing.
After Wednesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling, the state’s Department of Workforce Development is addressing concerns about getting back to work.
State workforce officials said Wisconsin could exhaust it's more than $1.8 billion unemployment benefit fund because of claims related to people out of work during the coronavirus shutdown.
As the economy continues to hemorrhage jobs, it's becoming apparent that some groups are more at risk of unemployment than others.
Wisconsin Republican legislative leaders say that they support temporarily waiving a one-week waiting period for people to receive unemployment benefits.
Officials with the Department of Workforce Development are asking residents to apply for unemployment benefits online due to an unprecedented number of calls.
Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday that he will waive work search requirements and modify the availability requirements for unemployment insurance benefits for workers who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
