Media
For media inquiries, please contact OED_Communications@oregon.gov.
Oregon Employment Department Acting Director David Gerstenfeld is holding media briefings on Wednesdays for the foreseeable future. To receive an invitation, contact OED_Communications@oregon.gov.
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Latest News
January 13: Media Briefing (video and audio)
January 6: Media Briefing (video and audio)
December 30: Media Briefing (video and audio)
December 22: Oregon Employment Department Issues Statement Regarding Passage of Federal Unemployment Benefits
December 16: Media Briefing (video and audio)
December 15: Oregon Adds 4,200 Jobs in November
December 9: Media Briefing (video and audio)
December 2: Media Briefing (video and audio)
November 25: Media Briefing (video and audio)
November 25: Extended Benefits Reduced Based on Oregon’s Falling Unemployment Rate
November 23: Oregon Employment Department Begins Issuing Waiting Week Benefits
November 20: Oregon Employment Department Reminds Employees and Employers of Resources Available During Statewide Freeze
November 18: Media Briefing (video and audio)
November 17: Oregon’s Unemployment Rate Drops to 6.9 Percent in October: Press release and video
November 13: Oregon Employment Department Prepares for Hike in Unemployment Claims During Two-Week Freeze
November 13: Oregon’s Unemployment Tax Rate Moves to Tax Schedule Four for 2021
October 28: Oregon Employment Department Announces Focused Initiative to Process Claims in Adjudication
October 28: Media Briefing (video and audio)
October 28: Deadline Extended for Disaster Unemployment Assistance
October 21: Media Briefing (video and audio)
October 15: Oregon Employment Department Expands Website Accessibility
October 14: Media Briefing (video and audio)
October 14: Oregon’s Job Growth Slows to 5,100 in September
October 7: Media Briefing (video and audio)
October 1: Oregon Jobs Projected to Increase by 9 Percent by 2029
September 30: Media Briefing (video and audio)
September 30: Oregon Employment Department Begins Issuing Lost Wages Assistance Benefits
September 16: Media Briefing (video and audio)
September 15: Oregon’s Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.7 Percent in August
September 9: Media Briefing (video and audio)
September 3: Media Briefing (video and audio)
August 28: Oregon Employment Department Approved to Begin Dispersing Lost Wages Assistance Benefits
August 26: Media Briefing (video and audio)
August 19: Media Briefing (video and audio)
August 18: Oregon Jobs Recovery Slows in July (press release)
August 12: New “Gross Earnings” Definition Helps More Self-Employed Oregonians Qualify for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Benefits (press release)
August 12: Media Briefing (video and audio)
August 5: Department Completes Processing of 70,000 PUA Claims, Clears Remaining Claims Ahead of Schedule (press release)
August 5: Media Briefing (video and audio)
July 31: Tens of Thousands of Oregonians Awaiting Adjudication Could Receive "Benefits While You Wait" (press release)
July 29: Media Briefing (video and audio)
July 24: Expiration of Federal Program Providing Extra $600 per Week in Unemployment Benefits (Statement from Oregon Employment Department Acting Director David Gerstenfeld)
July 22: Media Briefing (video and audio)
July 17: New PUA Application Launched for Self-Employed Oregonians (press release)
July 15: Media Briefing (video and audio)
July 14: Oregon Recovers Nearly One-Third of COVID-19 Job Losses (press release)
July 10: Oregon Employment Department Launches Unemployment.Oregon.gov (press release)
July 8: Media Briefing (video and audio)