Some businesses, cities and non-profits in North Alabama are turning to trusted jail inmates to fill job openings in this tight labor market.
For the third consecutive month, Alabama has recorded a record low unemployment rate.
Alabama’s monthly unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.1%, holding steady for the fifth straight month.
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%.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama’s jobless rate declined to 3.3% in June, well below the national average, as state leaders emphasized keeping the economy going amid concerns about a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Kay Ivey’s office said Friday the state unemployment rate was down slightly from 3.4% in May. That’s much better than the rate of 7.7% from…
Alabama is one of nine states ending federally-funded pandemic unemployment compensation effective Saturday, June 19.
There is a major increase in the demand for employment, especially for local businesses. Restaurants in particular are having a hard time keeping up with the demands of their customers.
Gov. Kay Ivey has announced that Alabama will end its participation in all federally funded pandemic unemployment compensation programs effective June 19.
It looks like something to celebrate: small businesses posting “Help Wanted” signs as the economy edges toward normalcy. Instead, businesses are having trouble filling the jobs, which in turn hurts their ability to keep up with demand for their products or services. Owners say that some would-be workers are worried about catching COVID-19 or prefer to live off unemployment benefits…
The state says Alabama’s unemployment rate for January declined to 4.3%, the lowest level since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic a year ago. The rate is still well above the pre-pandemic level of 2.7% of January 2020. But it was was better than the revised December unemployment rate of 4.7%. It was also below the U.S. unemployment rate of…
