Southwest Georgia’s jobless rate declines to 9.0 percent in September, Albany’s at 9.4 percent
Tweet ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the preliminary unemployment rate in the Southwest Georgia area declined to 9.0 percent in September, down four-tenths of a percentage point from a revised 9.4 percent in August. The rate was 10 percent in September 2011.
Read More →Metro Albany’s jobless rate rises to 10.5 percent in July
Tweet Staff Reports Atlanta, Ga. – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the preliminary unemployment rate in metro Albany rose to 10.5 percent in July, up two-tenths of a percentage point from 10.3 percent in June. The rate was 10.9 percent in July 2011. The rate increased because the labor grew by 90 [...]
Read More →Unemployment drops to 10.4 percent for October
Tweet Local officials silent about long term improvement Last week, the Georgia Department of Labor released the latest unemployment statistics for the Albany area, which was at 10.4 percent. That was a drop of .4 percent over September, which the Department of Labor attributed to fewer layoffs than expected. The unemployment rate last October [...]
Read More →Georgia Department of Labor prepared to respond to possible shutdown of federal government
Tweet ATLANTA – State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said today that the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) is prepared to continue all services to Georgians in the event of a shutdown of the federal government. “We are working closely with the U.S Department of Labor and have taken the steps necessary to ensure that recipients [...]
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