by admin | Apr 18, 2002 | News
Missouri’s business community is pleased with the success of a bill that has cleared the Senate and is moving onto the House. The legislation would deny unemployment benefits to employees fired for drug or alcohol abuse on the job. The state’s Unemployment...
by admin | Apr 10, 2002 | News
The Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill that would take away unemployment benefits from certain people who are currently eligible for those benefits. Senator John Loudon of Ballwin sponsors the bill. Hesays firings due to drug or alcohol abuse would come...
by admin | Mar 14, 2002 | News
State Auditor Claire McCaskill says it’s not a permanent fix, but she’s pleased with the $160-million the federal government is providing to Missouri to shore up the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund. McCaskill says the money will help a...
by admin | Jan 21, 2002 | News
Department of Economic Development statistics show Missouri’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December decreased slightly, falling three-tenths of a point to 4.4 percent. However, employment losses continued despite signs of improvement in some...
by admin | Jan 15, 2002 | News
On the heels of Auditor Claire McCaskill’s warning about problems with the state’s Unemployment Benefits Compensation Fund comes another red flag – this one from Gracia Backer, Director of the Division of EmploymentServices. Backer says the General...
