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News for the Carolinas
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The state's unemployment agency says about 29,000 South Carolinians will stop receiving jobless benefits at year's end as federally funded extensions expire.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
South Carolina is preparing to announce the state's unemployment rate for October.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
South Carolina's unemployment rate has gone down by one half of a percentage point. The Department of Employment and Workforce said Friday the state's jobless rate was 9.1 percent in September.
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Monday, October 15, 2012
The agency that tracks South Carolina's unemployment rate is downsizing.
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Friday, October 05, 2012
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years. The rate fell because more people found work, a trend that could impact the presidential election.
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Saturday, August 18, 2012
The hunt for jobs brought the unemployed out in the hundreds to a job fair at Marlboro County High School on Saturday.
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Friday, August 17, 2012
South Carolina comes in higher than the national average.
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
The director of South Carolina's unemployment agency says fired employees are losing jobless benefits as called for under a new state law, though he acknowledges mistakes were made.
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Saturday, July 21, 2012
The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce released numbers Friday showing unemployment claims are up. The report says the rate increased to 9.4 percent in June from 9.1 percent in May. The numbers are seasonally adjusted.
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Thursday, July 05, 2012
The number of people seeking unemployment aid last week fell to its lowest level since mid-May, suggesting layoffs are easing and hiring could pick up.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Nearly 79,000 unemployed South Carolinians will stop receiving weekly jobless benefits by year's end.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
A second independent audit of South Carolina's unemployment agency shows the system that checks whether people getting jobless benefits were also being paid at a job didn't work properly for six years.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
South Carolina lawmakers discuss changes to unemployment laws such as passing a drug test, requiring the unemployed to volunteer and taking away jobless benefits for seasonal employees.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
The director of South Carolina's unemployment agency is scheduled to tell senators his plans to toughen rules for people drawing jobless benefits.
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
South Carolina's unemployment agency says it has identified 180 people who fraudulently received up to $10,000 each in unearned jobless benefits.
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