On Friday, more than 11,000 unemployed people in Deschutes County lost the additional $600 a week they had been receiving from the federal government since the pandemic began. Meanwhile, some gig workers in Bend still haven’t heard back from the Oregon Employment Department since they filed four months ago. And then there’s the group that […]
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Financial Cliffhanger
As the federal government waffles over extending the $600 a week unemployment benefit, Oregon’s employment system has finally caught up