Henry McMaster Sued Over Decision To Cut Supplemental Unemployment BenefitsWill FolksJuly 29, 2021July 29, 2021 by Will FolksJuly 29, 2021July 29, 2021 Governor, workforce director named in lawsuit ......
South Carolina Employment Situation: Jobless Claims Hold At Pre-Pandemic Levels As ‘Emergency’ Benefits ExpireWill FolksJuly 8, 2021July 12, 2021 by Will FolksJuly 8, 2021July 12, 2021 Palmetto State employment situation still exceedingly tenuous compared to other states ......
South Carolina Loses Momentum On JobsWill FolksMay 22, 2021May 26, 2021 by Will FolksMay 22, 2021May 26, 2021 But state lawmakers want to blow every penny of a $1.7 billion surplus on bigger government ......
SC Workforce Agency Blistered As Incompetent, Inaccessible In Handling Benefit ClaimsWill FolksMay 20, 2021May 26, 2021 by Will FolksMay 20, 2021May 26, 2021 "Purposeful inaccessibility is not acceptable."...
South Carolina Jobless Claims Show ImprovementWill FolksApril 30, 2021May 5, 2021 by Will FolksApril 30, 2021May 5, 2021 Can it be sustained?...
National Jobless Claims Plunge, South Carolina’s Remain ElevatedWill FolksApril 22, 2021April 26, 2021 by Will FolksApril 22, 2021April 26, 2021 And the price tag for incentivizing dependency keeps climbing ......
South Carolina’s Post-Pandemic Jobless Claims Just Can’t Get Back To ‘Normal’Will FolksApril 15, 2021April 16, 2021 by Will FolksApril 15, 2021April 16, 2021 Elevated unemployment claims are not a good sign for the "recovery ..."...
A Year After Covid-19 Shutdowns, Initial Jobless Claims In South Carolina Still Searching For ‘Normal’FITSNewsMarch 25, 2021March 29, 2021 by FITSNewsMarch 25, 2021March 29, 2021 Trends are encouraging ... but will new "stimulus" incentivize additional joblessness?...
South Carolina Jobless Claims Spike As National Claims RetreatFITSNewsFebruary 11, 2021February 16, 2021 by FITSNewsFebruary 11, 2021February 16, 2021 Latest initial claims number three times higher than normal ......
South Carolina’s Initial Jobless Claims Drop Again, But Remain Twice As High As Pre-PandemicFITSNewsFebruary 4, 2021February 9, 2021 by FITSNewsFebruary 4, 2021February 9, 2021 Cost of benefits eclipses $5 billion since onset of Covid-19 last March ......