The state’s Department of Employment Security is in a pickle about how to handle furloughed federal employees applying for unemployment benefits. Nearly 800 people have applied for unemployment ...

A report from the North Carolina state auditor says the Division of Employment Security continued to struggle with making first unemployment benefit payments on time even after the pandemic. The North ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Federal employees in North Carolina who are not being paid during the ongoing government shutdown can now apply for unemployment benefits through the state’s Division of Employment ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order on Wednesday to increase unemployment benefits for workers who are impacted by Hurricane Helene and are struggling to make ends meets. The ...

Twenty-five North Carolina counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina received approval for disaster unemployment assistance [DUA], the Division of Employment Security [DES] ...

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The deadline to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) has been extended to Jan. 7, 2025, for people in 39 North Carolina counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina.

The North Carolina Division of Employment Security (DES) failed to reduce its rate of late payments last year, even as unemployment plummeted from double-digit highs during the COVID-19 pandemic, a ...