2019 Press Release Archive

• (12-31-2019) - Alaska minimum wage to increase from $9.89 to $10.19 in 2020
• (12-20-2019) - November jobs up 0.3 percent from last year; unemployment rate dips to 6.1 percent
• (12-12-2019) - Alaska Maritime Training Center hosts maritime training for global audience
• (11-19-2019) - Alaska Veterans Job Fair to be held Nov. 22 in Anchorage
• (11-15-2019) - October jobs up 0.4 percent; unemployment rate at 6.2 percent
• (11-13-2019) - Total wages up 4.0 percent in the first half of 2019 from prior year
• (10-29-2019) - National Council on Compensation Insurance projects significant savings for overall Workers' Compensation system costs
• (10-24-2019) - Dunleavy administration announces major grant to aid in rural youth homelessness
• (10-21-2019) - September jobs up 0.6 percent from last year; unemployment rate at 6.2 percent
• (10-11-2019) - Commissioner Ledbetter named chair of National Employment Committee
• (09-25-2019) - Alaska's minimum wage set at $10.19 for 2020
• (09-20-2019) - August jobs up 0.1 percent from last year; unemployment rate at 6.2 percent
• (08-16-2019) - July employment up 0.5 percent from last year; unemployment rate at 6.3 percent
• (07-19-2019) - June employment up 0.5 percent from last year; unemployment rate at 6.4 percent
• (06-24-2019) - Alaska Department of Labor Awarded $100,000 for Employers Who Hire Returning Citizens
• (06-21-2019) - May employment up 0.3 percent from last year; unemployment rate at 6.4 percent
• (06-19-2019) - Alaska Department of Labor Renews Alaska Employment Preference Determination
• (06-10-2019) - Notice of Unclaimed Excess Contributions
• (05-17-2019) - April employment up 0.9 percent from last year; unemployment rate at 6.5 percent
• (05-13-2019) - Some Alaskan workers eligible for Unemployment Insurance contribution refunds
• (04-19-2019) - March jobs up 0.3 percent from last year; unemployment rate at 6.5 percent
• (04-17-2019) - Recruiting for More than 4,000 Seafood Processing Workers
• (03-22-2019) - Alaska Department of Labor Extends Comment Period for Laborers' and Mechanics' Minimum Rates of Pay
• (03-22-2019) - February employment up 0.1 percent from last year; unemployment rate at 6.5 percent
• (03-08-2019) - Alaska Occupational Safety and Health 10-hour Construction Course
• (03-08-2019) - January employment up 0.2 percent from last year; unemployment rate at 6.5 percent
• (03-05-2019) - Every Alaskan Can Code: Introductory Coding Sessions Happening This Month Across Alaska
• (02-12-2019) - Disaster Unemployment Assistance available to workers affected by earthquake
• (01-18-2019) - December employment down 0.3 percent from last year; unemployment rate at 6.3 percent
• (01-14-2019) - U.S. Department of Labor Awards Alaska up to $4.5 Million
• (01-10-2019) - Migration losses caused a second year of population decline for Alaska in 2018