Oconee workforce regains its footing?
For the week ended Saturday, August 29, the number of Oconeeans filing first-time claims for unemployment fell again. This time, from 82 the week before to 50 for the latest seven-day period. The state showed a a similar decrease. And it prompted Dan Ellzey, director of Employment and Workforce, to say: “We have reached a new low in weekly initial claims filed since the pandemic began in mid-March.” And he added: “As the numbers continue to decline, it’s logically expected that the downward trend week-over-week will become less significant as the economy continues to improve.”