02/21/11 Due to bank and federal government observance of Presidents’ Day, unemployment insurance benefits will not be posted on debit cards on Monday, February 21, 2011. However, Indiana Department of Workforce Development offices and WorkOne Centers will be open. Payments for eligible vouchers filed on Sunday, February 20, and Monday, February 21 will be...
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01/26/11 Indiana’s preliminary seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate dropped 0.3 percent to 9.5 percent in December 2010, a 0.2 percent decrease from one year ago. The last time Indiana’s unemployment rate was at 9.5 percent was February 2009. The number of unemployed Hoosiers is below 300,000 for the first time since January 2009. Private sector employment...
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01/17/11 Due to bank and government observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, unemployment insurance benefits will not be posted on debit cards on Monday, January 17, 2011. Payments for eligible vouchers filed on Sunday, January 16 and Monday, January 17 will be posted to individual debit cards by 5:00pm (EST) on Tuesday,...
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12/20/10 Indiana’s preliminary seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percent to 9.8 percent in November 2010. This decline puts Indiana at the same rate as the nation. Though private sector employment in Indiana declined in November (-2,600), the state has added 46,200 private sector jobs in 2010, an increase of 2.0 percent. In contrast, U.S....
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12/20/10 Hoosiers eligible to resume collecting the federally funded unemployment extensions will be able to begin filing online for those benefits on Sunday, December 19, 2010. The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) anticipates the recently passed law will restore eligibility to approximately 90,000 Hoosiers who exhausted or were at risk of losing benefits. In...
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11/26/10 Indiana added 7,600 private sector jobs in October. Total private sector employment has grown by 49,700 (2.1 percent) in 2010. U.S. private sector job growth stands at 1.0 percent. Indiana’s preliminary seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percent to 9.9 percent in October 2010. The U.S. unemployment rate remained flat at 9.6 percent. “Since...
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10/26/10 Indiana’s preliminary seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percent to 10.1 percent in September 2010, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. The U.S. unemployment rate for the month was unchanged at 9.6 percent. Total private sector employment declined in September (-7,500). The state has added 43,100 private sector jobs in 2010, an...
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10/11/10 Due to bank and government observance of Columbus Day, unemployment insurance benefits will not be posted on debit cards on Monday, October 11, 2010. Payments for eligible vouchers filed on Sunday, October 10 and Monday, October 11 will be posted to individual debit cards by 5:00pm (EST) on Tuesday, October 12, 2010.
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06/21/10 Indiana continued to see modest private sector growth in May with 6,300 additional jobs. The state’s private sector employment has grown by 2.1 percent since December 2009, with a total gain of 47,900 jobs. That accounts for 10 percent of total U.S. private sector employment growth during the five-month period (Indiana has 2...
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