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Thu., May 17, 2012 8:30am
Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has fallen below 9 percent for the first time in more than three years. The jobless rate declined for the ninth consecutive month in April to 8.9 percent.
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Tue., May 1, 2012 5:30am
Workers will still file unemployment claims as they have been. But with a new electronic system, the labor department will send an email to registered businesses when a worker files an unemployment claim. Then, companies can log in to a website to contest claims or explain why they let workers go.
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Thu., March 22, 2012 7:03am
Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday morning the state's February seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined for the seventh consecutive month to 9.1 percent. That's the lowest rate since March 2009. It’s also a drop of 0.1 percent from January.
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Wed., December 22, 2010 3:40pm
No metro area in the state was spared the pain of further job losses from October to November. Nearly all major metro areas had spikes in unemployment percentages of at least a half-percentage point—or more.
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Fri., November 5, 2010 2:43pm
This week State Senator Robert Brown suggested that Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond should become head of Georgia’s Democratic party. Susanna Capelouto Reports Democrats are looking for new leadership.
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Thu., July 22, 2010 8:28am
A close race in the Democratic primary for state labor commissioner could end in a recount.
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Thu., October 15, 2009 5:36am
The unemployment rate from August to September remained steady at 10.1 perc
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Thu., September 17, 2009 6:08am
For the first time in more than six months, Georgia’s unemployment rate act
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Fri., August 28, 2009 12:03pm
Georgia labor commissioner Michael Thurmond has confirmed he will not take
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Thu., August 13, 2009 2:32pm
He was offered a federal post in the U.S. Department of Labor last month, b
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