Unemployment Archives

September 25, 2020 11:01 am WKOW

More than 93 percent of phone calls made to the Department of Workforce Development for unemployment claims went unanswered during the first 3-1/2…

September 18, 2020 11:10 pm Caroline Dade

Despite filing her first unemployment claim on March 8, Debrah Nelson said Friday she still hasn’t received any money.…

July 17, 2020 9:42 pm WKOW

The Madison Concourse Hotel plans to lay off 125 employees in…

July 16, 2020 7:57 pm A. J. Bayatpour

Prior to 2013, state law made an exceptions allowing people to still receive unemployment benefits after leaving a job…

July 14, 2020 10:59 pm A. J. Bayatpour

Morgan Giddings’ application for unemployment benefits was rejected because she quit a part-time job before the pandemic…

June 28, 2020 10:43 pm A. J. Bayatpour

The letter stated James Lueck’s application of unemployment insurance benefits had been rejected due to a lack of recent employment history. James…

June 17, 2020 8:34 pm A. J. Bayatpour

651,463 people applied for unemployment in Wisconsin between March 15 and June 13. According to the DWD, more than 850,000 weekly claims have either…

June 10, 2020 10:41 pm Andrew Merica

Even as Wisconsin begins to reopen, there are still people without work and waiting for unemployment…

May 27, 2020 10:51 pm Andrew Merica

“Five of our 30 major employers in the county were healthcare providers,” he said. “Those healthcare providers had to furlough people because they…

May 27, 2020 11:14 am Associated Press

During Wednesday’s hearing before the Senate Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, DWD Secretary Caleb Frostman acknowledged Wisconsin was the…

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