Under theWorkforce Investment Act of 1998, state unemployment offices expanded by addingOne-Stop Career Centers. They provide free employment assistance and are located throughout each state. Like your local unemployment office, your local "One-Stop" might also take claims for unemployment benefits. ...
"The period for collecting unemployment benefits varies by state but the maximum period for getting such benefits is 26 weeks," says David Clark, a lawyer and partner at the Clark Law Office, which has offices in Lansing and Okemos, Michigan. How do the states stack up? See the list below...
in unemployment over the last year has been "pretty substantial," as was the monthly increase between November and December 2001.Statewide, unemployment grew from 2.6 percent in December 2000 to 4.3 percent in December 2001, in non-seasonally adjusted figures.In Oklahoma City, unemployment grew ...