Tagged: unemployment

Local/Regional News
2:30 pm
Thu January 17, 2013

Kentucky Jobless Rate Inches Down For December

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky’s jobless numbers continue on a slow but steady decline.

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Local/Regional News
2:07 pm
Wed December 19, 2012

Kentucky's Labor Market Numbers Returning To Prerecession Levels

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky’s labor market numbers are returning to prerecession levels. Office of Employment and Training economist Manoj Shanker says Kentucky is now adding about 58-hundred jobs each month. Shanker says one reason employers are hiring right now is because wages are low.

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WUKY In Depth
9:52 am
Tue July 3, 2012

City Program Helps Teens Find Summer Work

Steven Berry works at Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs for the summer.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - High up in the Lexington Financial Center, 18-year-old Steven Berry spends his afternoon pushing around a mail cart.  He works for document management company used by the law firm Wyatt, Tarrant, & Combs.

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