Out-of-work Ohioans collected almost $2.3 billion in state and federal unemployment compensation last year, though thousands of claims were overpaid. A Dayton Daily News analysis of unemployment compensation data found one in five claims filed by Montgomery County residents resulted in an overpayment in 2012. The newspaper reports that the fraud total more than $2 […]
Unemployment Rate Up Slightly for Marion County
January 22, 2013 by
Marion County’s unemployment rate increased slightly in December 2012 to 7.2 percent up from 7.0 percent in November 2012. The increase comes with the same number of people unemployed, but fewer people in the available workforce. In fact, the available workforce reached is lowest number in over 23 years. The increase for Marion County also […]
Educators, Businesses Partnering for Career, Education, Job Fair
January 21, 2013 by
The 10th annual Marion Campus Career, Education & Job Fair is seeking employers in Marion and surrounding counties with open job/internship positions or anticipated openings for its winter job fair next month. The fair is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 21, 2013 at the Alber Student Center on the Marion campus, […]
Ohio Unemployment Rate Down Slighty in December
January 18, 2013 by
Ohio’s unemployment rate was 6.7 percent in December , down slightly from 6.8 percent in November, according to data released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS). The rate decrease comes from people leaving the available workforce, not because of more people finding jobs. Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment decreased 9,400 […]
Improving Unemployment Rate Causing Reductions to Compensation Programs
January 4, 2013 by
Recent federal action and Ohio’s declining unemployment rate will soon trigger a change in the amount of federal unemployment compensation available to Ohioans. On January 1, 2013, Congress passed a bill extending the federally funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program until December 28, 2013. EUC provides additional weeks of unemployment compensation to residents whose state […]
Marion Unemployment Up Slightly in November
December 28, 2012 by
The unemployment rate for Marion County increased slightly in November 2012 to 6.9 percent from 6.8 percent in October 2012. The increase comes with 100 more people listed as unemployed. For November 2012, Marion County had an available workforce of 29,600, 27,500 people employed, and 2,100 people unemployed. Marion was not the only area county […]
Ohio Unemployment Rate Down a Tick
December 21, 2012 by
Ohio’s unemployment rate was 6.8 percent in November, down slightly from 6.9 percent in October, according to data released Friday morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS). While the decrease comes with more people employed, it was also helped by more people who have stopped looking for work. Ohio’s nonfarm wage […]
Marion Unemployment Rate Continues to Drop
November 21, 2012 by
The unemployment rate for Marion County dropped again in October to 6.8 percent from 7.1 percent in September. That rate is the lowest for Marion County since May of 2008 and is over 2 percent lower than a year ago when it stood at 9.0 percent. While some rate drops are due to people who […]
Ohio Unemployment Rate Drops Again
November 16, 2012 by
Ohio’s unemployment rate was 6.9 percent in October, down from 7.1 percent in September, according to data released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS). Unlike last month, this time the decrease is due to more people finding employment. Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 13,900 over the month from the […]
Marion Unemployment Rate Lowest Since June 2008
October 23, 2012 by
The unemployment rate for Marion County reached its lowest level since June 2008. The rate in September was 7.1 percent down from 7.4 percent in August and down from 9.2 percent a year ago. The decrease was directly due to fewer people in the workforce compared with August. The September 2012 Marion County workforce was […]
