JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development issues Form 1099-G to individuals who file for unemployment insurance benefits. Under federal law, unemployment insurance benefits are taxable income and must be reported to the IRS. Thousands of Alaskans were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and correctly received unemployment insurance benefits. However, criminal […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska’s December employment was down 7.7 percent from December 2019 to 290,400, a loss of 24,100 jobs, as the pandemic continued to keep job counts well below year-ago levels. Leisure and hospitality continued to record the largest losses, with 8,600 fewer jobs than a year ago (-27.3 percent). The transportation, warehousing and […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska’s population decreased by 3,831 people — 0.5 percent — from July 2019 to July 2020, based on population estimates released today by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. This was the fourth straight year of decline for the state’s population, which peaked at 740,637 in July 2016 and was […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Tuesday Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Dr. Tamika L. Ledbetter announced that this week the department began issuing the $300 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments, provided for in the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020. These payments are being made on regular unemployment insurance claims for the […]