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Initial claims for unemployment saw a rise for the first week of 2021.

A Nevada judge lifted a contempt finding against the state unemployment office, saying that it complied just before Christmas with his July court order to resume paying pandemic relief benefits to thousands of out-of-work gig and contract workers.

With President Trump signing the new Covid relief bill over the weekend, many Nevadans have had questions about how their benefits will be affected.

Nevada officials overseeing the state’s unemployment insurance system blasted the U.S. Congress for gridlock that has prevented passage of a bill that extends benefits for laid-off workers amid the pandemic.

Nevada has added back 9,200 jobs since October 2020 for a current employment total of 1,317,800, according to the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s (DETR) November 2020 economic report.

Employment in Nevada increased over the month by 9,200 jobs as the state continues to recover.

With 10.7 million Americans still unemployed and nearly 69% of people saying they would have difficulty meeting their financial obligations if their next paycheck were delayed for a week, the financial website WalletHub has released updated rankings for the Cities in the Most Financial Distress...

People who who expecting the Unemployment Insurance benefits have been kept waiting this week.

For the week ending December 5th, initial claims for unemployment insurance (UI) totaled 8,783, up 36.3 percent compared to the previous week, according to finalized data from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR).

On Thursday, the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) announced that nearly 167,000 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) ineligibility claim determination notices will be sent in this week