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 ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Washington Employment Security Department says they are continuing their efforts in ensuring all eligible Washingtonians receive unemployment benefits while the demand remands ...

Many Washington employers are looking for ways to retain skilled labor until businesses reopen. The Washington Employment Security Department’s (“ESD”) emergency rules may help during the COVID-19 ...

OLYMPIA, WA — The head of Washington's Employment Security Department is leaving to take a role with the Biden-Harris administration. The ESD confirmed Friday that Commissioner Suzi LeVine will be ...

Washington state officials said Thursday they’re stopping unemployment payments for two days while they attempt to block a gush of fraudulent claims aimed at stealing some of the billions of dollars ...

As of last Friday, Washington’s Employment Security Department says it has now officially cleared its backlog of over 81,500 unemployment claims filed between March and June. ESD Commissioner Suzi ...

While Washington’s unemployment rate remained constant at 4.6%, the state gained approximately 15,300 jobs last month, according to a monthly report from Washington state’s Employment Security ...

As the Washington Employment Security Department continues to experience high-volume calls and website traffic during record periods of unemployment claims, Commissioner Suzi LeVine released this ...

WorkSource is a statewide partnership of government, education, and community organizations that offers a “one-stop” for career development. The “one stops” were created in the 1990s to help job ...