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.
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.
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...
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