GOP gavels in, gavels out of unemployment session
Evers announced the session during his State of the State speech earlier this month and called for it to begin at noon on Tuesday.
Unemployment
DWD begins distributing $300 in additional unemployment payments
The additional Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments were made available through the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act, which extends some benefits originally passed in the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020.
GOP balks at Evers' special session on unemployment
Wisconsin Republicans have rejected Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' call for a special legislative session next week to pass his plan to modernize the state's unemployment claims system.
Gov. Tony Evers calls for special legislative session to fix 'broken' unemployment system
Evers signed Executive Order #103 following his 2021 State of the State address.
Another 787,000 Americans filed first-time claims for jobless benefits last week
It marked a decrease from the prior week.
DWD clears unemployment claim backlog
The Department of Workforce Development has cleared its months-long backlog of unemployment insurance claims.
Evers administration plans to simplify unemployment claims
The state Department of Workforce Development announced Monday that it's planning to simplify initial and weekly claim applications starting this spring to feature what the agency is calling “plain language” as much as possible.
Wisconsin unemployment drops to 5% in November
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reported the latest figures on Thursday.
Audit cites problems leading to unemployment payment delays
A new audit shows that the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development was responsible for 11 of the 13 weeks it took, on average, to process unemployment claims filed since the coronavirus pandemic began.
DWD launches extended benefits program
Wisconsinites who have run through their regular employment insurance benefits and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation can now apply for extended benefits, which would provide up to 13 additional weeks of unemployment payment.
Another 778,000 Americans filed first-time unemployment claims last week
The recovery in the American job market is still painfully slow. Another 778,000 people filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week on a seasonally adjusted basis.
Wisconsin unemployment increases to 5.7% in October
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reported the latest figures on Thursday. The state rate is below the national unemployment rate for October of 6.9%.
US hiring slows for 3rd month but jobless rate falls to 7.9%
America's employers added 661,000 jobs in September, the third straight month of slower hiring and evidence from the final jobs report before the presidential election that the economic recovery has weakened.
Only 0.5% of calls to DWD unemployment insurance call centers were answered from mid-March to late June
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.
DWD Sec. Caleb Frostman resigns after request from Gov. Tony Evers
Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday that Department of Workforce Development Secretary Caleb Frostman has resigned at Evers' request.
Trump's job losses are the worst of any American president on record
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.
US adds 1.4 million jobs in August, but is still down 11.5 million jobs since COVID hit
Another 1.4 million jobs were added to the US economy in August, as the jobs recovery continued to slow.
Wisconsin unemployment rate drops, still double last year
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.
US economy added 1.8 million jobs in July but still down nearly 13 million jobs during the pandemic
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.
Unemployment benefits OK'd for disabled people in Wisconsin
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.
1.3 million Americans filed first-time unemployment claims last week
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 drops to 8.5% in June
99,300 private sector jobs added in Wisconsin in June
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.5% in June.
Audit: Too much, not enough sent to Wisconsin unemployed
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 offers supplemental unemployment benefits
Wisconsin residents can now apply for 13 more weeks of unemployment benefits using money from the federal coronavirus relief bill.
