unemployment

I struck a nerve. I apologize, truly.

Where are all the workers? There is no way in hell I would be able to NOT work and still survive. A real question, for real people.

The Department of Labor and Industry says Montana has paid out more than $10 million in potentially fraudulent unemployment claims during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Applications for unemployment benefits in Montana have declined as the state continued to lift closures designed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

New unemployment claim numbers in Montana dropped again last week after more coronavirus restrictions were eased and establishments re-opened.

The U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression, as 20.5 million jobs vanished in the worst monthly loss on record.

Over the previous six weeks, more than 96,000 new unemployment claims have been filed with the state Department of Labor and Industry.

The report also predicts that nearly every major industry in the state will have lower employment.

As Americans slowly return to work are you in that group? Or, were you left out in the cold on unemployment?

President Trump has hinted that the country might open up by May 1st. If you've been out of work do you think you'll go back to work on May 1?