LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's state jobless office has signed on with an identity verification system that requires an additional step for new regular unemployment insurance applicants providing personal information online.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials say Nevada's troubled unemployment benefits program has been overhauled, and a "tsunami" of claims spurred by pandemic layoffs have largely been sorted.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge lifted a contempt finding against the state unemployment office, saying it complied just before Christmas with his July court order to resume paying pandemic relief benefits to thousands of out-of-work gig and contract workers.
Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is warning of a phishing scam using the office's name.
An email with the subject line "Important Notice (Urgent Response Required) is going to employers and unemployed workers applying for unemployment benefits.
A whopping 5.7 million Americans are long-term unemployed; They've been out of work for 27 weeks or more. Not surprisingly, many of those people--an estimated 200,000 unemployed, live in Nevada.
How do Las Vegans survive when they're unemployed for so long? How do they pay the rent, feed the kids, and find proper clothing for their next interview?
We talk with unemployed people about the challenges and stresses, and their opinions about how we can fix the employment crisis.
Unemployment benefits ran out for millions of Americans on Tuesday. Did your benefits lapse? What do you plan to do next? The experts from the state's unemployment office answer your questions.
Plenty of local Nevadans said they need more time to find a job. But critics say that only encourages laziness. What do you think? Are you unemployed? Do you think we should extend jobless pay... or is it better to stop it?
