Maryland Unemployment Reaches Lowest Level Since COVID
In May of 2022, Maryland saw a significant uptick in hiring resulting in a dip in unemployment. The state currently sits at its lowest unemployment rate since the start of the…
City Leadership to Hogan: Reinstate Federal Unemployment Boost
Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M. Scott, City Council President Nick J. Mosby, and City Comptroller Bill Henry this morning sent a letter to Governor Larry Hogan urging him to reverse…
MD to Reinstate Work Requirement for Unemployment Benefits
Maryland is poised to return to its standard work-search requirements for unemployment benefits, suspended during the longterm pandemic. Amidst multiple changes to, and frustrations with, the unemployment insurance program, Maryland…
ALERT: Phishing Scam Targets Unemployment Insurance Claimants in Texts
The Office of the Attorney General has been made aware of a scheme in which fraudsters are impersonating the Maryland Department of Labor, Division of Unemployment Insurance in text messages.…
Maryland to End Enhanced Federal Unemployment Benefits
Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the State of Maryland will discontinue enhanced pandemic federal unemployment benefits and reinstate work search requirements on July 3. “Our health and economic recovery…
Unemployment Hits Lowest in State Since Start of Pandemic
In October, Maryland saw a significant uptick in hiring, dip in unemployment at strongest rate since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated employment data released by the U.S. Department of…
Maryland Unemployment Rate Continues to Fall
Maryland gained 11,500 jobs in May and unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to The Daily Record: This…
Unemployment Issues Spark Debate During Legislative Briefing
Multiple issues with unemployment benefits - from the Governor's recent decision to withdraw from expanded federal benefit levels, to new frustrations with recipient access - fueled a two-hour meeting of…
