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A shortage in the labor force continues to affect businesses across the country but as summer approaches, some open positions could soon be filled by students.
Idaho s economic recovery continues to be one of the fastest in the country
According to the Idaho Department of Labor (IDOL), Idaho s economy is continuing to rebound faster than almost anywhere in the country.
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According to the Idaho Department of Labor (IDOL), Idaho s economy is continuing to rebound faster than almost anywhere in the country.
According to data from the department, Idaho is the first state in the country to see job growth recover to and even exceed pre-pandemic levels in almost all industries.
Idaho hit historic high rates of unemployment last year but according to the latest data from the Idaho Department of Labor, Idaho s unemployment rate is now resting at 3.2%.
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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 2, 2021, file photo, a woman, wearing a protective mask due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, walks past the signs of an employment agency, in Manchester, N.H. Companies are advertising more jobs than they were before the pandemic, when the unemployment rate was a 50-year low of 3.5%. So they clearly want to add workers. Yet hiring stumbled in April because many employers couldn t find as many as they needed. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Governor Brad Little’s plan to end special federal unemployment benefits to Idahoans next month could boot more than half of current filers off benefits.
We want people working : Little takes Idaho out of federal pandemic unemployment programs Nicole Blanchard, The Idaho Statesman
May 11 Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced Tuesday that he would end the state s participation in three federal unemployment programs meant to aid those struggling financially because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Little said Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation would end on June 19. Together, those programs offer an additional $300 weekly payment to unemployed individuals, extend unemployment benefits after regular limitations are exhausted, and provide unemployment for people usually ineligible for unemployment, such as the self-employed.