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Nevada Unemployment Office Adopts ID.me Claims Verification

May 18, 2021

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.

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Las Vegas Job Market Struggles To Find Workers

May 18, 2021

(Editor's note: This story originally aired May 4, 2021)

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Nevada Officials: Jobless Benefits Office Overhaul Complete

Jan 29, 2021

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.

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Nevada Off Hook For Contempt In Gig Workers Benefits Case

Jan 05, 2021

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.

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Employment Office Warns Of Phishing Scam

Oct 20, 2020

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.

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John L. Smith On The Enduring Troubles At The State's Unemployment Office

Sep 11, 2020

The state unemployment office continues to make changes

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Lawmakers Pursue A Legislative Bonanza In Second Special Session

Aug 03, 2020

Lawmakers have been in Carson City since Friday for the 32nd special session of the state Legislature.

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Over 50 and Out of Work

Aug 13, 2012
Studies say the longer you’ve been unemployed, the harder it is to find work.
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Voices of the Long-Term Unemployed

Dec 21, 2011
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.
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Unemployment Benefits End: What Now?

Dec 03, 2010
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.
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Should We Extend Jobless Pay?

Jul 21, 2010

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?

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