unemployment

December 3, 2020 | Suzanne Pollak

Initial Unemployment Claims Fall During Thanksgiving Week

Initial claims for unemployment filed by Montgomery County residents fell sharply during the week that ended Nov. 28. Residents filed 1,177 initial claims compared to 1,558 during the week that ended Nov. 21 and 1,797 during the week that ended Nov. 14, according to the Maryland Department of Labor (DOL). A contributing factor for the fall […]

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November 20, 2020 | Michelle Queen

Initial Unemployment Claims Rise by Nearly 10%

Initial claims for unemployment filed by Montgomery County residents rose by 156 claims or 9.5%. During the week that ended Nov. 14, 1,797 residents filed initial claims. The prior week, which ended Nov. 7, 1,641 Montgomery County residents had filed initial claims, according to the Maryland Department of Labor (DOL). Statewide, the number of initial […]

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November 12, 2020 | Suzanne Pollak

1,641 County Residents Filed Initial Unemployment Claims Last Week

Initial claims for unemployment filed by Montgomery County residents continued to drop. During the week that ended Nov. 7, 1,641 Montgomery County residents filed initial claims. The prior week, which ended Oct. 31, 1,943 Montgomery County residents had filed initial claims, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. Statewide, the number of initial claims filed […]

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November 5, 2020 | Suzanne Pollak

Requests for Unemployment Continue to Fall

Initial claims for unemployment by Montgomery County residents continued to drop. During the week that ended Oct. 31, 1,943 Montgomery County residents filed initial claims. The previous week, which ended Oct. 24, 2,282 Montgomery County residents filed initial unemployment claims, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. Statewide, the number of initial claims filed last […]

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October 29, 2020 | Suzanne Pollak

Initial Unemployment Claims Continue to Drop in County, State

Initial claims for unemployment by Montgomery County residents continued to drop. During the week that ended Oct. 24, 2,282 Montgomery County residents filed initial claims. The previous week, which ended Oct. 17, 2,703 Montgomery County residents filed initial unemployment claims. During the week that ended Oct. 10, 3,228 initial claims were filed, according to the […]

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October 23, 2020 | Suzanne Pollak

Initial Unemployment Claims Down In County, State

Initial claims for unemployment by Montgomery County residents dropped by more than 500 during the week that ended Oct. 17. During that week, 2,703 Montgomery County residents filed initial unemployment claims. During the previous week, 3,228 initial claims were filed, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. Statewide, the number of initial claims filed dropped […]

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October 15, 2020 | Suzanne Pollak

Initial Claims For Unemployment In County Drop Slightly

Initial claims for unemployment by Montgomery County residents dropped slightly during the week that ended Oct. 10 to 3,228. During the previous week, there were 3,363 initial claims filed, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. During the week that ended Sept. 26, 1,715 new unemployment claims were filed. Statewide, the number of initial claims […]

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October 9, 2020 | Suzanne Pollak

New Unemployment Claims Double Both in County and State

For the second week in a row, the number of Montgomery County residents who filed initial claims for unemployment more than doubled as compared to the previous week. There were 3,363 new unemployment claims filed during the week that ended Oct. 3, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. During the week that ended Sept. […]

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October 1, 2020 | Suzanne Pollak

Initial Unemployment Claims More Than Double In One Week

The number of Montgomery County residents who filed initial claims for unemployment during the week that ended Sept. 26 more than doubled as compared to the previous week. There were 1,715 new unemployment claims filed during the week that ended Sept. 26. During the week that ended Sept. 19, only 695 county residents had filed […]

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September 24, 2020 | Suzanne Pollak

Initial Unemployment Claims Drop Dramatically

The number of Montgomery County residents who filed initial claims for unemployment during the week that ended Sept. 19 dropped by more than half from the previous week. Only 695 county residents filed initial unemployment claims during the previous week, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. During the week that ended Sept. 12, 1,252 […]

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