Fewer Ohioans filed for unemployment benefits last week, though the number of continued claims rose slightly, according to new data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS).

Both new and continuing unemployment claims in Ohio increased during the first week of November, according to data released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS).

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nearly 300,000 Ohioans were unemployed in May, a reminder of the stakes as state lawmakers weigh two competing proposals to stabilize an unemployment compensation system that federal ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio in May had the fifth-highest unemployment in the United States. The people behind state programs that are supposed to create jobs aren’t taking credit for Ohio’s relatively high ...

For half a century, Ohio has failed to maintain a solvent unemployment fund, and now lawmakers are debating two starkly different approaches to fix it—with one option placing the burden squarely on ...

COLUMBUS – Ohio’s unemployment rate rose to 5% in July, marking an increase from June’s 4.9% and a significant jump from 4.3% in July 2024. The numbers reveal a paradoxical situation for Ohio workers: ...

We're getting a new snapshot of Ohio's job market after the state released the latest unemployment claims.From Sept. 14-20, Ohioans filed just over 4,000 initial jobless claims, down by more than 300 ...

State lawmakers and other experts have been discussing for years the best way to shore up the fund that pays Ohioans unemployment benefits, after the fund went broke during the last recession. A ...

Ohio’s and the Dayton metro area’s unemployment rates hit a four-year high in July, which goes back to when the economy was still in the fairly early stages of recovering from the bruising COVID ...

Christina M. Royer is an attorney in the Cleveland area. She is the Vice Chair of the Ohio Employment Lawyers Association, whose members represent Ohio employees, including in cases involving ...