Texas Workforce Commission

The unemployment rate in Texas has decreased by 8% in the month of July, and 31,400 non-farm job positions have been added.

The Texas Workforce Commission has applied for an additional federal unemployment benefit that would give qualifying Texans an additional $300 per week. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made the announcement Thursday morning, saying the TWC had requested funds being made available through President Donald Trump’s Lost Wage Assistance Executive Order. Trump’s Executive Order provides $300 a week in additional unemployment payments…

A North Texas teacher reached out to the NBC 5 Responds team after receiving notice of unemployment benefits in the mail – even though she didn’t file.

Some frustrated unemployed Texans still can’t get unemployment checks after weeks of trying to reach the Texas Workforce Commission through jammed phone lines. And if calls are answered, some callers said they still cannot get the help they need.

Some frustrated unemployed Texans still can’t get unemployment checks after weeks of trying to reach the Texas Workforce Commission through jammed phone lines. And if calls are answered, some callers said they still cannot get the help they need. NBC 5’s Scott Friedman reports.

On Friday, the additional $600 per week in benefits set aside as part of the CARES Act for out-of-work Americans expires. For many families, the extra cash has been a lifeline, covering food, housing, and medicine.

On Friday, the additional $600 per week in benefits set aside as part of the CARES Act for out-of-work Americans expires. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen reports, for many families, the extra cash has been a lifeline, covering food, housing, and medicine.

By the end of this week, unemployed Texans will see a dramatic drop in benefits when a supplemental federal benefit of $600 a week expires.

By the end of this week, unemployed Texans will see a dramatic drop in benefits when a supplemental federal benefit of $600 a week expires.

The Texas Workforce Commission is clarifying who does and who doesn’t have to pay back nearly $32 million in overpaid unemployment benefits.

The Texas Workforce Commission is clarifying who does and who doesn’t have to pay back nearly $32 million in overpaid unemployment benefits. NBC 5’s Jack Highberger reports.

According to the TWC, more than $32 million was overpaid since March due largely to mistakes made by claimants during their application process or their former employers.

According to the Texas Workforce Commission, more than $32 million was overpaid since March due largely to mistakes made by claimants during their application process or their former employers, NBC 5’s Jack Highberger reports.

The surge in COVID-19 cases is changing how North Texans navigate unemployment. A work search requirement that was going to take effect July 6 is on hold, according to an announcement by the Texas Workforce Commission last week. The commission, in June, voted to reinstate the requirement but later reversed the decision once COVID-19 cases began to spike.

The extended unemployment benefits established by the CARES Act, an extra $600 per week funded by the federal government on top of state benefits, will run out on July 31. NBC 5’s Evan Anderson spoke with the Texas Workforce Commission about this upcoming change.

With Texas bars shutdown and restaurants also struggling amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, thousands of North Texans are again unemployed. NBC 5’s Jack Highberger has more on the unemployment roller coaster and what the newly unemployed need to do.

With the reintroduction of statewide restrictions by Gov. Greg Abbott last week aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, many in North Texas again find themselves unemployed.

The Texas Workforce Commission announced that it will delay the reinstatement of the work search requirement for unemployment benefits in Texas.

With unemployment claims skyrocketing since mid-March, the Texas Workforce Commission said it has doubled the number of call centers from four to eight. The agency reports there are now more than 1,000 people answering calls from unemployed Texans.

With unemployment claims skyrocketing since mid-March, the Texas Workforce Commission said it has doubled the number of call centers from four to eight. The agency reports there are now more than 1,000 people answering calls from unemployed Texans.