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ZANESVILLE - A local daycare owner is defending her business after the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services inspected the facility following a claim of inappropriate teaching behavior.
The visit was prompted after an observer s post criticizing what she saw inside the facility spread quickly across Facebook.
Several weeks after job shadowing at The Little Barnyard on Fairview Road, employee candidate Kiara Strupe described her experience on social media, detailing why she would never want to work at the childcare center.
In her post, Strupe said the teachers yelled at the young children, dismissed their concerns and made fun of one girl in particular for having a full diaper.
The Waiting Game: Unemployed Ohio workers complain about how long it takes to receive unemployment benefits
The Waiting Game: Unemployed Ohio workers complain about how long it takes to receive unemployment benefits
and last updated 2021-04-12 19:21:09-04
CLEVELAND â Despite the number of Ohio workers filing new unemployment claims dropping, many underemployed and unemployed workers said they are still waiting for the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services to process their claims.
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After News 5 started asking questions, Jeffrey Baker, 60, said he finally received unemployment benefits from the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services.
Baker said he applied for help in January after struggling for months to make ends meet.
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U.S. Jobless Claims Ease as Hiring Picks Up
New filings for unemployment benefits last week neared their lowest level since the pandemic fueled a surge in layoffs last March, adding to evidence of renewed labor-market growth.
Jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to a seasonally adjusted 712,000 in the week ended March 6, down about 200,000 from an early January peak and close to a pandemic low point reached last November.
The four-week moving average, which smooths out volatility in week-to-week numbers, was 759,000 for the week ended March 6, slightly higher than the previous pandemic low recorded last November. The weekly average in 2019, the year before the pandemic started, was 218,000.