After a two-and-a-half hour delay on Saturday, gig workers, contractors and self-employed workers in Nevada can begin filing weekly claims for financial assistance online.
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Heather Korbulic, the director of the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, said the payment system is slated to go live Saturday morning.
“We’ll see some great rates at hotels; we’ll see airfare sales,” travel expert Gabe Saglie said.
Retailers and restaurants at the Henderson shopping center have begun reopening for business at 50 percent occupancy, according to a Wednesday news release.
Here’s a round-up of common system messages and the best way to tackle them, according to the state unemployment office.
There are about 276,300 people working in the state’s tourism industry, according to the Nevada Resort Association. Or, at least there were.
The company’s website showed no open booking dates until June 1 as of Friday afternoon. As recently as Thursday morning, the company was allowing bookings beginning May 1 for its Las Vegas properties.
Operators were unable to assist more than 30 percent of callers on Monday, according to data shared by the unemployment office.
The state’s unemployment insurance claims website now allows users to reset their password online any time during the day.
“If workers aren’t working and not getting paid, they do not pay dues,” union spokeswoman Bethany Khan told the Review-Journal. She added that nearly all of the union’s 60,000 members are laid off.
They qualify as independent contractors or self-employed, a spokeswoman for the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation said.
While businesses across the country have shuttered in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new Reno-based tech accelerator is working to build diversified businesses in Northern Nevada.
Unemployment insurance office spokespeople urge claimants to remain patient as the state handles record-high application volumes.
Former Gov. Brian Sandoval is leaving MGM Resorts International to pursue a position as president of the University of Nevada, Reno, MGM announced Wednesday.
Some industry associations say there could be improvements made to the bill, but overall the response has been overwhelmingly positive.
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The Monday morning low was 91, well above the record of 87 set in 2003 and tied in 2017. The afternoon high was 112.
A juvenile was killed early Tuesday morning in a multi-vehicle crash on U.S. 95 in Henderson.
The pizzeria, which has been named among the best in Nevada and the best in the United States, is renovating an existing space in Henderson.
Three bike riders, each suffering from Parkinson’s disease, rode through Red Rock Canyon as part of a mission to raise awareness about Parkinson’s disease.