OLYMPIA, Wash. — On Monday, Bob Ferguson signed a bill granting unemployment benefits to workers who go on strike in Washington state. Senate Bill 5041 will make Washington the third state in the ...

Washington recently became the third state in the nation—joining New York and New Jersey—to offer unemployment benefits to workers on strike or locked out by their employers. Under the newly signed ...

The Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) is offering assistance to affected federal workers impacted by the recent national-scale layoffs. The U.S. government is facing a generational ...

"We are absolutely in a moment of transition," said Anneliese Vance-Sherman, chief labor economist with the Employment ...

Ongoing unemployment claims in Washington state are 20% higher compared with this time last year, according to the Employment Security Department. A growing backlog has prompted the state agency to ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Washington Employment Security Department (ESD) has announced a change in unemployment benefits call center hours as part of a 90-day pilot project. ESD said in a release that it ...

The Washington state Employment Security Department (ESD) recently released the unemployment rates for February 2026, showing that unemployment slightly increased in both Lewis and Thurston ...

The Washington State Employment Security Department has released data for February showing changes in the job market.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington and Idaho both released statewide unemployment rates on Wednesday for the month of November 2025. In Washington, the economy decreased by an estimated 1,500 jobs and the ...