News
State agencies, financial institutions prepare to roll out $500 checks for unemployed
Thousands of Oregonians who await unemployment benefits, whose claims were denied or who never filed in the first ... Read more
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News
Oregon Employment Department works through second backlog of claims
Oregon Employment Department officials have now worked through a backlog of 70,000 claims by people whom Congress has ... Read more
News
Employment Department: Some Work Share recipients were overpaid
The acting director of the Oregon Employment Department confirmed Wednesday that overpayments have been made to some people ... Read more
News
Wyden pushes for extension of unemployment benefits
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden has renewed his effort for an extension of unemployment benefits as the Oregon Employment ... Read more
Opinion
State faces backlog of 70,000 claims from workers newly eligible for benefits
About 70,000 Oregonians newly eligible for unemployment benefits — the self-employed, independent contractors, gig and temporary workers — ... Read more
Opinion
Supreme Court hears union challenge to 2019 public pension changes
Whether lawmakers went too far last year in changing the public-pension system to reduce its future obligations is ... Read more