Puerto Rico jobless rate at 7.5% in Dec. ’21, down from 9.2% in Dec. ’20
January 26, 2022
Puerto Rico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was estimated at 7.5% in December 2021, representing a decrease of 0.3 percentage points when compared to November 2021, and 9.2% when compared to December 2020, dropping 1.7 percentage ...
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Puerto Rico Labor Dept. investing $22M on new online jobless benefits platform
December 15, 2021
The Puerto Rico Labor Department will implement a new virtual platform for the island’s unemployment program — a $22 million project for which it has hired the firm Geographic Solution to work in collaboration with ...
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Pandemic unemployment aid ends Sept. 4 after disbursing $9.6B in Puerto Rico
August 26, 2021
The Department of Labor and Human Resources announced the end of the benefits of temporary assistance programs such as the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation after disbursing $9.6 billion in ...
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