Economy Watch: SC Jobless Claims Remain Well Below Pre-Pandemic LevelsWill FolksSeptember 2, 2021September 5, 2021 by Will FolksSeptember 2, 2021September 5, 2021 A good sign for the Palmetto State ... but its employment situation remains untenable....
July 2021 South Carolina Employment Situation: Minimal ImprovementWill FolksAugust 21, 2021August 30, 2021 by Will FolksAugust 21, 2021August 30, 2021 Fiscally-liberal GOP lawmakers keep taxing and spending as Palmetto State's labor participation rate remains among America's worst ......
Henry McMaster Sued Over Decision To Cut Supplemental Unemployment BenefitsWill FolksJuly 29, 2021July 29, 2021 by Will FolksJuly 29, 2021July 29, 2021 Governor, workforce director named in lawsuit ......
South Carolina Loses Momentum On JobsWill FolksMay 22, 2021May 26, 2021 by Will FolksMay 22, 2021May 26, 2021 But state lawmakers want to blow every penny of a $1.7 billion surplus on bigger government ......
SC Workforce Agency Blistered As Incompetent, Inaccessible In Handling Benefit ClaimsWill FolksMay 20, 2021May 26, 2021 by Will FolksMay 20, 2021May 26, 2021 "Purposeful inaccessibility is not acceptable."...
National Jobless Claims Plunge, South Carolina’s Remain ElevatedWill FolksApril 22, 2021April 26, 2021 by Will FolksApril 22, 2021April 26, 2021 And the price tag for incentivizing dependency keeps climbing ......
South Carolina’s Post-Pandemic Jobless Claims Just Can’t Get Back To ‘Normal’Will FolksApril 15, 2021April 16, 2021 by Will FolksApril 15, 2021April 16, 2021 Elevated unemployment claims are not a good sign for the "recovery ..."...
A Year After Covid-19 Shutdowns, Initial Jobless Claims In South Carolina Still Searching For ‘Normal’FITSNewsMarch 25, 2021March 29, 2021 by FITSNewsMarch 25, 2021March 29, 2021 Trends are encouraging ... but will new "stimulus" incentivize additional joblessness?...
South Carolina Initial Jobless Claims Dip Back DownFITSNewsDecember 17, 2020December 23, 2020 by FITSNewsDecember 17, 2020December 23, 2020 Palmetto State employment update ......
South Carolina Employment Situation: Jobless Rate Drops But Record-Low Labor Participation PersistsFITSNewsNovember 20, 2020December 2, 2020 by FITSNewsNovember 20, 2020December 2, 2020 Mixed bag for Palmetto State economy ......