Typically, if you quit your job, you are more than likely ineligible to apply for any benefits including unemployment, but there are some exceptions to this rule in Washington. Unemployment benefits ...

In September, WA employers cut 14,500 jobs, yet the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.5%. Insights on the state’s job ...

Ongoing unemployment claims in Washington state are 20% higher compared with this time last year, according to the Employment Security Department. A growing backlog has prompted the state agency to ...

Squalicum Marina in Bellingham, Wash. Monthly unemployment rates for Whatcom County and Bellingham slightly decreased in August, as Washington state had the fifth highest unemployment rates in the ...

SEATTLE – Even as many Washington employers have moved past the pandemic, the unemployment system is still dealing with problems related to COVID-19 relief that raised costs and left hundreds of ...

On Tuesday, Washington became the first state to establish family and medical leave and unemployment benefits for the state’s Uber and Lyft drivers. The Washington State Legislature set the precedent ...

WA jobless benefits lag while unemployment taxes loom The state is trying to fix some of the system’s most pressing issues to deal with the ongoing unemployment crisis. Crosscut Feb 15, 2021 ...

Washington businesses would need to shoulder roughly $700 million in additional taxes in a few years unless the projected finances of the state’s unemployment insurance fund improve. Officials are ...

Even as many Washington employers have moved past the pandemic, the unemployment system is still dealing with pandemic-related problems that raised costs and left hundreds of millions of dollars in ...

State lawmakers did not increase ESD’s anti-fraud budget. And Congress recently nixed proposed funding to improve state unemployment computer systems, even as some federal officials have criticized ...