Thursday, March 28, 2013
The city's labor force dropped by 121 workers from January to February.
Alpharetta retained the lowest unemployment rate – 6.4 percent – of all cities for which the Georgia Department of Labor calculates statistics. Alpharetta had 2,053 people who are counted as jobless in February, one fewer than in January. The number of people employed dropped slightly, but so did the labor force, down 121 to 32,037 workers. A year ago Alpharetta's jobless rate was only slighlty higher at 6.7 percent. The workforce was smaller by 869 people. City Rate Alpharetta 6.4% Atlanta 11.2 Douglasville 11.0 Johns Creek 7.0 Kennesaw 9.0 Marietta 8.7
Roswell 6.5
Sandy Springs 6.5
Smyrna 8.4 Metro Atlanta…
Thursday, March 21, 2013
February's jobless claims were 1,705 fewer than in January, according to the Georgia Department of Labor, following a statewide trend.
Local unemployment rate figures won't be released for another week, but the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped to 8.6 percent in February, the lowest rate since January 2009, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. The rate was down one-tenth of a percentage point from 8.7 percent in January and six-tenths of a percentage point from 9.2 percent in February a year ago, the department announced in a release today. Seasonal employment ended in January, which may account for the much larger number of initial claims compared to February's drop by 34 percent, down to 3,310 first-time claims. It's not as start a difference compared to a year ago, with a 9 percent drop from year to year. Alpharetta's jobless rate was 6.4 percent in…
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Roswell and Sandy Springs had slight increases in January 2013, putting them in second best for employment in Georgia.
Alpharetta's unemployment rate held steady at 6.4 percent in January 2013, but increases in Roswell and Sandy Springs give it the lowest rate of any city measured by the Georgia Department of Labor. Alpharetta's revised unemployment rate for December 2012 was 6.4 percent. The city had 120 fewer people working – 29,984 – but the labor force was calculated to be 121 fewer people, so it balanced out. The 6.4 percent preliminary rate in January 2013 for Alpharetta is lower than the rate a year ago, which was 6.7 percent. City Rate Alpharetta 6.4% Johns Creek 7.0
Roswell 6.5
Sandy Springs 6.5
Metro Atlanta 8.7
Georgia 8.7 The Georgia Department of Labor …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Out of the cities the Georgia Department of Labor tracks, Alpharetta was tied for lowest unemployment with Roswell and Sandy Springs at 6.4 percent.
Alpharetta still has the lowest unemployment rate of any city measured by the Georgia Department of Labor, but in December 2012 it rose half a percent to match Roswell and Sandy Springs. Alpharetta's revised unemployment rate for November 2012 was 5.9 percent. But the addition of 219 workers to the city's labor force, and the loss of jobs by another 65 people caused the rate to jump. Even the 6.4 percent preliminary rate in December 2012 for Alpharetta is lower than the rate a year ago, which was 6.6 percent. The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the preliminary unemployment rate in metro Atlanta rose to 8.4 percent in December, up four-tenths of a percentage point from 8.0 percent in November. The rate was 8.9 percent in …
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Newly proposed legislation by Sen. John Albers has some upset, what do you think?
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Sen. John Albers new legislation proposal would require those receiving state-funded unemployment money to volunteer their time, according to a Channel 2 Action News report. The proposal would require at least 24 hours of volunteer time per week, which would leave plenty of time for job hunting, Albers told Channel 2. Lawmakers still have to vote on Albers’ "Dignity for the Unemployed Act" during the upcoming legislative session. This new proposal comes after an earlier pre-legislative filing by Albers that would mandate those receiving state aid to pay for and pass a drug test, as previously reported on Roswell Patch. Do you agree with Albers newest proposal or are you against it? Why?
david shelton
3:40 pm on Thursday, December 8, 2011
Bad idea....for one thing the resourses needed to find a desent paying job ( if one can be found ) eats away at the little income recieved from UI benefits. Also timing is very critical in landing a job and would certainly limit the time for job searching. Then there's the aspect of child care, while not having a job does give an induvidual the timing to offset child care expenses. However this … more ›