Unemployment

Montana labor departments will hold office hours on March 12 for recently laid-off federal employees. The two-hour event will connect people with resources like unemployment insurance and job training.

Montana’s unemployment rate was 3.2% in November. That’s a full percentage point below the national average; The Montana DNRC saw a record setting number of oil and gas lease sales on state public lands in the last four months; Lee Johnson takes over at the Department of Criminal Investigations

The story of Montana's labor force is more complicated than the unemployment number. The state is simultaneously seeing all-time low labor-force participation.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte declared Monday the beginning of Apprenticeship Week in Montana as the administration continues looking for ways to address the state’s labor shortage.

America’s employers added just 266,000 jobs last month. That’s sharply lower than in March and a sign that some businesses are struggling to find enough…

Montanans receiving unemployment benefits saw a boost in payments last week due to new federal aid.The Montana Department of Labor and Industry reported…

The Montana Department of Labor and Industry announced Tuesday that it has continued paying out unemployment insurance benefits through the latest federal…

Updated on Dec. 9, 2020The Montana Department of Labor and Industry issued 38,584 unemployment insurance payments last week, nearly double the 20,308 it…

The Montana Department of Labor and Industry issued over 20,300 unemployment insurance payments last week, totaling about $8.5 million. That’s down a…

Hundreds of recipients of unemployment insurance through the federal CARES Act are now being asked to give that money back. The Pandemic Unemployment…