Speight: The seasonally unemployed deserve benefits
GBPI Admin
May 26, 2012
Statistic from GBPI is cited in this article about the downfalls of cutting unemployment benefits. Read full article here.
Tag: Unemployment
State of Working Georgia: Jobs Count – April 2012
GBPI Admin
April 26, 2012
It will likely be several years unil the state’s job market returns to pre-recession levels. Although the state’s unemployment rate has fallen, Georgia continues to trail behind on job creation. Download Fact Sheet. Related Materials: State of Working Georgia
Ga.’s unemployment rate down 8 straight months
GBPI Admin
April 19, 2012
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig discusses Georgia’s unemployment rate with Associated Press Reporter Errin Haines. Read the full article here.
Georgia unemployment benefits among shortest in nation
GBPI Admin
April 12, 2012
Fannin Sentinel Editor Elaine Owen uses data from GBPI to report on unemployment benefits in Georgia. Read full article.
Georgia jobless benefits among briefest in nation
GBPI Admin
April 6, 2012
Unemployment insurance data from the GBPI is referenced by reporters Christopher Quinn and Dan Chapman in an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Read full article.
Georgia’s Unemployment Trust Fund
GBPI Admin
March 20, 2012
GBPI Senior Policy Analyst Clare S. Richie discusses the state’s unemployment trust fund and alternatives to SB 447 on Primetime Lawmakers . View the discussion. The Unemployment Trust Fund segment begins at the 11 minute, 37 second mark. Additional Information Bill Analysis:
Georgia’s unemployment rate falls to 9.9 percent
GBPI Admin
December 16, 2011
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted by Errin Haines (Associated Press) on economic recovery and Georgia’s unemployment rate. Read the news article.
Restructure Georgia’s Unemployment Tax System to Protect Employers and Working Families
GBPI Admin
September 16, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Please consider publishing the editorial below from Clare S. Richie and Elizabeth Appley. Media interviews are welcomed. Americans agree that job creation is our number one priority. Almost half a million Georgians are pounding the pavement looking
Georgia lacks jobs for unemployed workers
GBPI Admin
July 31, 2011
In an editorial published in the Macon Teleagraph, GBPI Senior Policy Analyst Clare S. Richie writes, “Weekly unemployment payments in Georgia average $270 per week, only replacing about one-third of an average worker’s weekly wage. What family would volunteer to
