The December unemployment report for the Gainesville metro area showed an increase in the jobless rate, an increase in first-time unemployment claims and a reduction in employed residents.
In Gainesville, the unemployment rate increased by two-tenths of a percentage point in December, reaching 3.7%; a year ago at this time, the rate was 2.2%.
Other data from the monthly report included:
The labor force decreased in Gainesville by 1,492 and ended the month with 100,505. That number is down 2,420 when compared to December of 2019.
Gainesville finished the month with 96,767 employed residents. That number decreased by 1,677 over the month and is down by 3,844 when compared to the same time a year ago.
Georgia s labor commissioner said December showed some promising job growth across the state, and the state unemployment rate dropped a bit, as well. December is yet another month where we have seen job growth throughout the state,” said Labor Commissioner Mark Butler in his monthly employment report for the State of Georgia. We more than doubled our job growth from November, which is very promising, considering how challenging of a year this has been. Georgia has gained back 82 % of the jobs we lost at the beginning of the pandemic and continue to remain strong in economic growth and business development.”
Finally, a Republican legislator wants to raise Arizona s woeful unemployment pay Laurie Roberts, Arizona Republic
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This year, however, there actually may be a chance that something good could come from the Capitol.
That Arizona’s leaders could, at long last, decide that no longer should we expect our fellow citizens to live on crumbs when they find themselves, through no fault of their own, out of a job.
“Unemployment should be one of the next big issues that we address for the people,” Rep. David Cook told me last week. “It’s the right thing to do.”
It is the right thing to do, given that Arizona offers the nation’s second lowest unemployment benefit, capped at $240 a week.
Marie McCauley knows how to juggle a lot in one day.  Before Coronavirus struck in March, she held down two part-time jobsâone at a daycare, and another cleaning houses. Now she manages remote schooling of her six kids.
They range in age from 4 to 17, including her 9-year-old son with ADHD. She says each school day presents a new challenge.
âAll six kids are doing something very different,â she says. âWith a lot of kids your headâs gonna be spinning! Wait a minute, slow down!â
McCauley says her main job now is keeping her kids safe from Coronavirus.
âWe donât let our kids go anywhere,â she says. âNot to the store, not to the park, not nowhere. The only place they go is on the back porch, to have some sunlight, run and play with the balls. Then they come in and wash their hands, change their clothes, because weâve been outside.â