PORTLAND, Oregon — We first met Amy Anderson in December of 2020, right in the middle of the pandemic. The Portland woman didn’t know what to do after unemployment checks started showing up in her ...

People using the Oregon Employment Department’s new unemployment insurance (UI) benefits website say they are still having problems after it launched earlier this month.

Oregon’s jobless rate hit 5.0% in August, the highest point since the pandemic. But no one knows what’s happened since then. The federal government shutdown that began Oct. 1 halted the collection 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 ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Wednesday's first release of Oregon's jobs report in several months due to the federal government shutdown showed a similar September picture as in previous months: a slow rise ...

Oregon's unemployment rate was 5.2% in December, according to the latest data from the Oregon Employment Department. It is the same rate as September and November. Data was not collected during the ...

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed SB 916, making Oregon the latest state to enact legislation permitting striking works to collect unemployment insurance (UI) during labor disputes, on June 24, 2025.

Chris Lehman/KLCC Oregon’s unemployment rate went up one-tenth of a percentage point in June, marking the sixth consecutive month of such growth. The state lost 4,300 jobs last month. The largest ...

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 ...