by admin | Sep 1, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DOLIR) has received $1.8 million in grants for the shared work program, which allows employers to bring laid-off employees back to the job by dividing available work among employees. DOLIR Director Anna Hui...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 2, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
Beginning the week of July 5, Missourians who want to continue getting unemployment benefits will be required again to do work searches. The mandate had been suspended temporarily for those who had filed a COVID-19 related unemployment claim. A press release from the...
by admin | Jun 23, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
State officials say the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DOLIR) has paid more than $2 billion in unemployment claims during the COVID-19 pandemic. DOLIR Director Anna Hui says initial unemployment claims have dropped from about 100,000 in late...
by Alisa Nelson | Jun 17, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
Beginning the week of July 5, Missourians who want to continue getting unemployment benefits will be required to do work searches. The condition had been lifted for those who had filed a coronavirus-related unemployment claim. During a press conference Tuesday,...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 30, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
State information shows the number of unemployment claims filed slowed a bit last week with nearly 55,000 Missourians reporting they have lost their job. Since the coronavirus outbreak began gripping the state’s economy in mid-March, more than 453,000 people have...