Employment

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation has implemented the federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation to its unemployment insurance site ui.nv.gov.

CARSON CITY — Unemployment insurance filers will continue to be afforded the work search waiver until further notice, Gov. Steve Sisolak and the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation announced Tuesday. The move aligns with current guidance from the Department of Labor.

CARSON CITY — Governor Steve Sisolak signed an emergency directive on Monday to provide flexibility for the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to hire non-merit, or contracted, staff to help process unemployment insurance claims.

Finalized data from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) show initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 28,550 for the week ending May 2, down 13,991 claims, or 32.9 percent compared to last week’s total of 42,541.

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Ed Cohen, primary candidate for the House of Representatives District 2, will speak via Zoom at Monday's Democratic tele-luncheon. Ed serves as Communications and Marketing Director for a Reno-based nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that provides education to the judiciary.

CARSON CITY — Finalized data from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) show initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 39,496 for the week ending April 18, down 19,145 claims, or 32.6 percent compared to last week’s total of 58,641.

CARSON CITY — Employment stats in early March, before the COVID-19 shutdown, shows Carson City having gained 400 jobs over March 2019 figures but had decreased significantly since February of this year, according to data released Tuesday by Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. Carson City's unemployment also swelled to 6.7 percent, up from 4.1 percent in February, and up from 4.5 percent a year ago.

The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation announced a successful update of its unemployment insurance website. The agency also added and launched a performance feature on Saturday that affords filers another option to reset their online password 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners on April 16 approved 3 to 2 a bond issuance for the Tahoe South Event Center, the final step in the project’s approval process.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Finalized data from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation show initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 58,641 regular initial claims for the week ending April 11, down 20,644 claims, or 26 percent compared to last week’s total of 79,285.

The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) has announced their unemployment insurance (UInv) website (http://ui.nv.gov) will be down on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 1 p.m. until 7 p.m., a period of lowest traffic, in order to improve system performance and access expansion for filers.

During this time, all unemployment insurance functions, including unemployment insurance filing will not be functional. Filers are encouraged to visit the site after 7 p.m. on Saturday evening.

Gov. Steve Sisolak says he expects to know much more next week about whether conditions are right to either end or extend directives that have shut down much of the state, but cautioned that he had no “benchmark date” in place and that any easing of restrictions would likely be gradual.

Mary “Aileen” Forman’s job as a blackjack dealer at the Aquarius casino in Laughlin was put on indefinite hold as soon as widespread casino shutdowns were announced last month.

The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s March 2020 economic report released Wednesday shows the beginning of the COVID-19 grip on jobs in the Silver State, with losses that all but wiped out any over-the-year employment gains.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation will open a new Unemployment Insurance call center Wednesday, April 15, 2020 to help assist claimants with general questions related to the unemployment insurance filing process.

Gov. Steve Sisolak says that he has ordered Nevada’s unemployment insurance agency to pay out claims retroactively — to as early as March 15 — as claimants struggle to get through in a system overwhelmed by unprecedented job losses.

CARSON CITY — Nevada has received nearly $22 million in rural transit relief funding following Congress’ passage of the CARES Act. This is in addition to transit funding dedicated to the state’s metropolitan transit services.
The Federal Transit Administration recently announced appropriations of $25 billion in national transit relief funding.

Cecilia Gonzalez made her first call to Nevada’s unemployment office last Friday at 7:59 a.m., hoping that she might snag an open line the minute the agency opened to resolve a sticking point in her claim about her work history and eligibility.

The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) has announced their unemployment insurance (UInv) website (http://ui.nv.gov) will be down on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 1 p.m. until midnight in order to conduct system enhancements and take steps towards the fast-track implementation of the federal CARES Act.

Finalized data from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) show initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 79,285 regular initial claims for the week ending March 4, up 7,343 claims, or 10.2 percent compared to last week’s total of 71,942.

This is the second highest weekly total in state history. Through week ending April 4, there have been 271,533 initial claims filed in 2020, this is 28,417 more than the state saw in the last two years combined.

Gov. Steve Sisolak on Thursday joined the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation in announcing the selection of a vendor to provide at least 100 full-time operators to boost unemployment insurance call center capacity during a period of unprecedented demand.

The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) is still seeing record number of initial claims for unemployment insurance each week. As the agency continues to experience high volume of claims entering the system, the agency’s number one priority is supporting Nevadans’ unemployment needs.

The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) is cautioning filers to be aware of websites that appear to look like legitimate government websites offering assistance in filing for Nevada unemployment insurance.

The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) Employment Security Division wants to remind anyone who has filed for unemployment insurance that they must file weekly claims to continue to receive benefits.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation announced Wednesday it has entered an agreement with ...

With support from the Governor, the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, Employment Security Division entered into agreement over the weekend to take steps to implement the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) signed into law by the President Friday evening that will expand Unemployment Insurance benefits.

Carson City experienced both the fastest job growth rate in February and the highest unemployment rate among the state's three metropolitan areas, according to a report released Tuesday by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

On Saturday, March 27, the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation added system and staffing support to accommodate those who need login or PIN assistance, as individuals needing assistance to reset their UI login information or PIN has been the main issue individuals have been encountering when filing online at UI.nv.gov.