(TNS) — The Oregon Employment Department’s new technology system will go live March 4, about 15 years after the state received federal funding to replace its obsolete technology. The $106 million ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — If you are still waiting to hear from the Oregon Employment Department about your unemployment benefits, you're not alone. The department says it currently has a backlog of 38,000 ...
SALEM, Ore. — As the state responded to a surge in unemployment claims due to the near-total shutdown of the economy brought on by the pandemic, overtime costs at the Oregon Employment Department ...
Oregon’s new secretary of state said Thursday that her office will conduct yet another audit of the Oregon Employment Department, which suffered a catastrophic failure to pay jobless claims during the ...
A year ago, the Oregon Employment Department answered almost every call in less than 10 minutes, according to agency data. In 2023, however, most callers are on hold for at least 10 minutes and 20% ...
The Oregon Employment Department in Salem. (Yuxing Zheng/The Oregonian/file photo) A top-level executive at the Oregon Employment Department has announced her resignation, citing a personal ...
An outside law firm is investigating allegations of discrimination at the Employment Department. The agency recently settled a different claim. An Oregon agency that’s been strained by the pandemic ...