The takeaway: Ohio follows the nation in a quick recovery, but state and local governments’ failure to restore critical public services is slowing us down. New ARPA dollars coming to the state and local governments next month are an opportunity to keep recovery moving and direct resources to the hardest
The takeaway: Thanks to robust federal action, Ohio and the nation remain on track to recover jobs more quickly than in the last three recessions. The state has recovered four in five jobs lost to COVID-19. “Today’s jobs numbers keep us on track to fully recover more quickly than from
The takeaway: Ohio’s job recovery started earlier than previously estimated and has slowed more than originally reported. In December, job openings fell, and a record number of Ohioans quit their jobs. The data revision released today shows the positive impact of federal stimulus programs and makes a strong case for
Newly available data show 141,000 Ohioans quit their jobs in November, but they didn’t stop working. They left for better jobs. The new data supplement the jobs and household surveys, which show improvement in December. The job numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and
Wage still worth far less than 1968 peak Ohio’s minimum wage will adjust to $9.30 per hour on January 1, from its current level of $8.80. The change comes as an automatic adjustment since Ohio voters passed a minimum wage increase in 2006 and tied it to inflation so it
Jenny Driscoll | Michael Shields Introduction A thriving community depends on the work of everyone, from the retail clerk who greets customers to the janitor who cleans the countertop. But for decades, corporate executives held down pay for the typical Ohio worker, while they lavished enormous pay growth on themselves.
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that Ohio employers added 12,200 jobs over the month, from a downwardly revised 5,378,900 in October to 5,391,100 in November. November job gains were smaller than in October or September but marked
The numbers: As Vice President Kamala Harris visits Ohio today to celebrate the passage of the infrastructure bill, new jobs numbers indicate the bill will help build on positive momentum in the labor market. Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that Ohio employers added 9,900 jobs over the month, from an upwardly revised 5,346,000 in August to 5,355,900 in September. These figures are from a survey of employers and preliminary numbers are
Michael Shields & Zach Schiller Introduction Late last month, three U.S. senators introduced a bill to begin reforming the nation’s unemployment compensation (UC) system.[1] The measure — the Unemployment Insurance Improvement Act — sponsored by Ron Wyden of Oregon, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Michael Bennet of Colorado, would take
U.S. Senate measure would replace the state’s stringent earnings test A bill now pending in the U.S. Senate could allow nearly 600,000 Ohioans who are not currently eligible to qualify for unemployment compensation (UC) benefits if they are laid off. That is a key finding of a report Policy Matters
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that Ohio employers cut 2,400 jobs over the month, from an upwardly revised 5,348,300 in July to 5,345,900 in August. Preliminary numbers are subject to revision, but August’s estimate shows sorely-needed progress
