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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
A key panel on Capitol Hill voted Wednesday to support doing away with cuts in unemployment benefits for Utah senior citizens who also collect Social Security retirement checks.
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
After Susan Carlson lost her job in December, the Salt Lake City woman filed for unemployment benefits for the first time in 35 years on the job. In doing so, she joined thousands of other jobless Utahns whose quest for help has strained the state's unemployment system like never before.
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
What is unemployment insurance? It's a source of temporary income for eligible workers who lose jobs through no fault of their own, while they are searching for full-time work, receiving approved job training or awaiting recall to employment.
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
Here are a few tricky aspects of Utah unemployment's insurance system: Depending on why a layoff occurs, employers can be liable for unemployment benefits from their workers' second or third jobs.
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The Senate Site (Free subscription) | 04/21/2009
KCPW: Utah's Unemployment Continues to Rise, but Positive Economic Signs are Increasing
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/17/2009
Utah's economy has lost about 32,800 jobs in the past year, pushing unemployment up to 5.2 percent, a report released Thursday shows. While Utah's unemployment rate in March is still much lower than the national rate of 8.
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
Utah's economy has lost about 26,000 jobs in the past year, pushing unemployment in the state to more than 5 percent, a new report shows. The share of Utahns without jobs rose to 5.
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
Utah's unemployment rate now exceeds 5 percent and continues to rise, but it's still far below the post-WWII high of 9.7 percent in 1983.