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May 30, 2023

Cybercrime Inc.

The maddening thing is, the person in accounting did exactly what they were supposed to do after receiving an email purportedly from their chief financial officer asking them to transfer tens of thousands of dollars to a different account. “They called the CFO to make sure the email was accurate,” got the OK and made […]

Initial unemployment insurance claimants by county and city weeks ending Jan. 9 over Jan. 2 change. Green shows a decrease, yellow shows an increase of 0 to 50 claimants and red shows an increase of 51 to 691 claimants. Graphic courtesy Virginia Employment Commission
Jan 14, 2021

Va. sees highest number of initial jobless claims since July 2020

Last week, more than 28,000 Virginians filed initial unemployment claims — a 44.5% jump from the previous week. This is the greatest number of initial claims reported since July 2020. During the week ending Jan. 9, 28,227 Virginians filed initial claims, which was an increase of 8,697 from the previous week. This could in part […]

Initial unemployment insurance claimants by county and city weeks ending Jan. 2, 2021 over Dec. 26, 2020 change. Green shows a decrease, yellow shows an increase of 0 to 50 claimants and red shows an increase of 51 to 520 claimants. Graphic courtesy Virginia Employment Commission
Jan 7, 2021

Initial jobless claims jumped 64.3% last week

The number of initial jobless claims filed last week jumped a staggering 64.3% to more than 19,000, according to Virginia Employment Commission data released Thursday. This is the highest number of initial claims reported since August 2020. For the week ending Jan. 2, 19,530 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment, an increase of 7,640 claimants […]

Dec 23, 2020

Number of initial jobless claims remained at 14K last week

The number of initial jobless claims filed last week stayed close to its Aug. 8 peak, with more than 14,000 Virginians filing new unemployment claims, according to Virginia Employment Commission data released Wednesday. For the week ending Dec. 19, 14,640 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment, an increase of 131 claimants from the previous week. […]

Dec 17, 2020

14K+ Virginians filed initial jobless claims last week

The number of initial jobless claims filed last week reached close to its Aug. 8 peak, with more than 14,000 Virginians filing initial unemployment claims, according to Virginia Employment Commission data released Thursday. The week prior, initial claims reached more than 16,000. While there was a 12.9% decrease in claims from the previous week, the […]

Dec 3, 2020

Va. jobless claims fall to lowest level since March

The number of initial jobless claims filed last week fell to its lowest level since the pandemic‘s employment effects began to be felt in mid-March, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. Initial jobless claims in Virginia dropped by 29.7% last week compared with the previous filing week, according to the VEC, while continued claims fell […]

Nov 12, 2020

Initial jobless claims fell again last week

The number of initial jobless claims in Virginia dropped by 4.3% last week compared to the previous filing week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday, while continued claims fell by 7.8%. For the week ending Nov. 7, 9,909 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment, a decrease of 441 from the previous week.  Last week, 91,960 […]

Oct 29, 2020

Initial jobless claims on the rise again

The number of initial jobless claims in Virginia rose by 8.7% last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday.  For the week ending Oct. 24, 12,352 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment, an increase of 987 from the previous week — rising to its highest level since mid-August, according to the VEC. Continued claims dropped […]

Oct 22, 2020

Va. initial jobless claims jumped nearly 25% last week

The number of initial jobless claims in Virginia rose by 24.75% last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday.  For the week ending Oct. 17, 11,365 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment, an increase of 2,255 from the previous week, according to the VEC. And the number of initial claims filed during the week ending […]

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