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The Arizona Republic
December 14, 2009
Arizonans who collect unemployment benefits are getting their money faster and encountering fewer bureaucratic delays from the state agency that administers the program.
Newly released figures show that the Arizona Department of Economic Security has increased its on-time delivery to filers by 32 percentage points compared with its slowest performance in the [...]
The Arizona Republic
October 4, 2009
As Arizonans began to lose their jobs in record numbers over the past year, the technology that powers the state’s unemployment-benefits system began to quake under the load.
Computer problems blocked people from filing for benefits and sent out wrong e-mails to claimants waiting for money. The phone network placed claimants [...]
The Arizona Republic
August 28, 2009
The state agency that oversees unemployment benefits is vowing to fix the system after embarrassing stumbles that have angered thousands of jobless Arizonans.
Fixes include personnel changes and plans to roll out a new Web site to make the application process easier.
Arizona currently ranks behind 47 other states in terms of [...]
The Arizona Republic
August 16, 2009
Shirley Whattler lost her job at DHL a year ago and was living on $265 per week in unemployment benefits.
The Chandler resident was able to make partial payments on her mortgage until the money suddenly stopped in July. For weeks, she called and called the Arizona agency in charge of the [...]
The Arizona Republic
August 4, 2009
State jobs officials scrambled on Monday to fix a computer-server problem that left tens of thousands of jobless Arizonans unable to renew unemployment benefits over the weekend.
Many online filers will not get their money on time, which could affect their ability to pay for basics such as food or gasoline [...]
The Arizona Republic
July 19, 2009
Lots of earthly support with a touch of divine guidance is available to help job seekers facing the worst Arizona labor market since the Great Depression.
A growing number of churches and synagogues across metropolitan Phoenix are forming support groups to assist with networking, career coaching and restoring hope to the unemployed.
Leaders [...]
The Arizona Republic
June 28, 2009
PHOENIX — Less than 36 months ago, Arizona was flush with the kind of jobs that flourish in a booming economy: real-estate agents, construction workers, title officers, interior designers and boutique owners.
Not anymore. Work that was plentiful and professions that once provided a decent living without requiring much advanced education [...]
The Arizona Republic
June 4, 2009
PHOENIX — Many Baby Boomers and older workers are hitting a hiring wall.
Finding a job after age 50 can be tough enough at any time, but the recession is casting into a shrinking job market a lot of older people who never expected to be there. And it’s taking them [...]
The Arizona Republic
May 17, 2009
PHOENIX — Twitter, blogs, Facebook and the like are wreaking all kinds of havoc on the workplace.
Angry employees can instantly bite the hand that feeds them and create a public-relations nightmare.
Human-resources departments are scrambling to add social-media rules to company policy while keeping an open office culture.
Many people are confused [...]
The Arizona Republic
February 15, 2009
As the recession worsens, more Arizonans are running into a scary economic reality once they start receiving unemployment: the state’s rock-bottom benefits.
At most, a laid-off worker can collect $240 per week. That amount ranks behind every other state except for Mississippi ($210 per week) and Alabama ($230 per week), according to [...]