Oregon is ending 2025 with fewer jobs and rising unemployment after a year that included significant layoffs by major ...

Fifteen years after it was launched, and at a cost of $106 million, Oregon’s new unemployment computer system is scheduled to start taking jobless claims early next month. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ...

It’s been a painful year for Oregon workers. The state’s employers reported nearly 9,000 mass layoffs during 2025. That’s an extraordinary number by historical standards, topping the pace of job cuts ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Employment Department is five days away from launching a brand new, easy-to-use online system for Unemployment Insurance benefits. UI benefits go live through Frances ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — People are actively using the Oregon Employment Department’s new unemployment insurance (UI) benefits website after it launched earlier this month. However, some are still ...

New data shows that Oregon’s unemployment rate is now among the highest in the country. In its first update since the federal government shutdown, the Oregon Employment Department released its monthly ...

The most recent jobless numbers are not as recent as you might expect. Among the lingering effects of the federal government ...

Oregon’s online system to apply for unemployment insurance is getting an upgrade, a move years in the making as evidence mounted that the Employment Department’s outdated technology was too rigid and ...

In a major win for Oregon unions, the state got one big step closer to providing unemployment benefits for striking workers on Wednesday. The House of Representatives voted 33-23 to authorize the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A bill advanced in the Oregon House earlier this week that could allow eligible employees who are on strike to receive unemployment benefits — raising concerns among ...

Oregon’s unemployment rate remained flat in January at 4.8%, according to job numbers released Tuesday by the state’s Employment Department. The last time Oregon’s jobless rate exceeded that mark was ...