Alabama’s unemployment rate remained at a record 2.6% in July, officials said Friday.
Alabama’s unemployment rate dipped to 3% in February, from 3.1% in January. The counties with the highest employment rates are all in our area.
Alabama’s monthly unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.1%, holding steady for the fifth straight month.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation aimed at limiting companies’ ability to fire workers who say they can’t get vaccinated against COVID-19 for religious or medical reasons. The House Health Committee approved a revised version of a bill that would create a state form for workers to claim an exemption. An employee submitting the form couldn’t be…
Gov. Kay Ivey and Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington have announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally-adjusted July 2021 unemployment rate is 3.2%.
Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced Friday that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted May unemployment rate is 3.4%, down from April’s rate of 3.6%, and well below May 2020’s rate of 7.9%.
Gov. Kay Ivey has announced that Alabama will end its participation in all federally funded pandemic unemployment compensation programs effective June 19.
The Alabama Department of Labor has announced that November’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 4.4%, down from October’s revised rate of 5.7%. The rate does remain above November 2019’s rate of 2.7%. November’s rate represents 100,537 unemployed people, compared to 127,425. “As we are nearing the end of a definitively turbulent year, it’s truly great news to see our…
The Alabama Department of Labor has released the official count for initial unemployment claims filed during the week of November 29 – December 5, 2020. 7,059 initial claims were filed either online or by telephone during this period. 3,317 of those claims are COVID-19 related. That is slightly lower than the prior week and is the lowest since the pandemic…
Alabama’s unemployment rate rose slightly in July as the state continues to feel the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Alabama Department of Labor reported Friday that the state’s preliminary July unemployment rate is 7.9%, up from June’s rate of 7.6%. The number represents 176,637 unemployed people. By comparison, the rate was under 3% last July before the pandemic….
