Workers in Georgia would be allowed to earn several hundred dollars more a week while keeping their full unemployment benefits under a bill that passed the General Assembly on Wednesday. Employees also would potentially be eligible to receive benefits for
Georgia’s early move to start easing stay-at-home restrictions nearly a month ago has done little to stem the state’s flood of unemployment claims — illustrating how hard it is to bring jobs back while consumers are still afraid to go
The economic shutdown brought on by the pandemic has led to mass unemployment, and some businesses remain closed. Many of those that have opened are doing limited business. […] The massive University System of Georgia has already announced likely furloughs to
April was the cruelest month for about 1 million jobless Georgians, tossed out of work since the governor opened it with a stay-home order to contain COVID-19. That emergency response to a public health crisis wreaked havoc on a state
[…] On Monday, Gov. Brian Kemp made the controversial decision to allow some businesses to restart operations Friday, including barbershops, hair and nail salons, tattoo parlors, massage parlors, bowling alleys and fitness centers. […] Some business owners are worried that opening is still dangerous,
The economic impacts of coronavirus could put the state government $3 billion to $4 billion in the hole during the next fiscal year, an Atlanta-based public policy think tank warned Monday. Closing such a huge budget shortfall without massive cuts
Nearly one in five Georgia workers is now unemployed, according to statistics released by the U.S. Department of Labor. That’s an unemployment rate of around 18 percent to 20 percent, and it’s likely to spike even higher. About 900,000 Georgia
[…]A non-partisan group in Georgia is recommending big changes to state leaders that put more money in the pockets of unemployed people for longer. The state is seeing unemployment claims jump as emergency orders shut down many businesses across the
More than 3,500 job hunters stood in a line a mile long, and some continued to wait hours after the fair technically closed. This all happened amidst reports of low unemployment rates for the county and state. GBPI Senior Policy Analyst
Despite decades of sometimes spectacular growth, a new study warns Georgia cannot afford to ignore some dangerous trends often masked by good economic news. “We’ve got to do a better job in evaluating the kinds of economic development incentives that we
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