Oregon’s unemployment rate was 5.2% in each of the first five months of 2026, the Oregon Employment Department said. The U.S. unemployment rate was 4.3% in Marc ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Oregon Employment Department in Salem. Fifteen years after it was launched, and at a cost of $106 million, Oregon’s new ...

Oregon employers considering layoffs can turn to the Oregon Employment Department's Work Share program to reduce short-term ...

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.

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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) – The Oregon Employment Department is five days away from launching a brand new, easy-to-use online system for Unemployment Insurance benefits. UI benefits go live through Frances ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — People are actively using the Oregon Employment Department’s new unemployment insurance (UI) benefits website after it launched earlier this month. However, some are still ...

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 ...

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