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May 5, 2024

Unemployment in Las Vegas

The view from the Eiffel Tower restaurant.
Restaurants at Paris Las Vegas to cut nearly 150 positions
Oct. 14, 2020
Two restaurants at Paris Las Vegas will terminate close to 150 jobs in December, according to state records. In separate letters Monday to Nevada employment officials ...
Yanneth Romero, a Mandalay Bay housekeeper who hasn't been called back to work, poses with her son Octavio in the backyard of her rental home in North Las Vegas Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Her husband is also out of work and his unemployment claim is stuck in the system, she said.
Las Vegas tenants fearful in waning days of eviction moratorium
Oct. 12, 2020
Yanneth Romero can’t help feeling like she failed her family. She worked as a housekeeper on the Strip. Her husband, Octavio, worked for the same resort company as a cook. But when the town shuttered March 13 out of virus concerns, the family was left with ...
Chef Matt Fresinski puts pasta bolognese into food containers for 24Meals, a nonprofit that delivers chef-prepared, home-cooked meals to households in need, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020.
Las Vegas chefs relish opportunity to help those struggling in pandemic
Sept. 26, 2020
Volunteers with this Las Vegas nonprofit delivered a chef-prepared meal to a 70-year-old amputee who was cutting frozen meals in half to stretch rations.
Derek Stevens, who owns The D and Golden Gate in Las Vegas, is shown in front of his newest resort property, Circa, on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Ray of sunshine: Circa resort creating 1,500 jobs in Las Vegas amid pandemic
Sept. 24, 2020
The first casino built downtown in four decades, Circa is providing some 1,500 jobs at a time the coronavirus pandemic has rocked the Las Vegas economy, sending ...
Matthew Mills plays with his 2-year-old son Austin at their neighborhood community park near Downtown Summerlin, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020.
Amid pandemic, Amazon is a lifeline for some Las Vegas-area workers
Sept. 8, 2020
Matthew Mills arrived in Las Vegas in mid-March eager to find employment. He wasn’t alone. A few days later after the 23-year-old single father arrived, the coronavirus pandemic forced ...
In this March 21, 2020, file photo, a man walks along a usually busy Fremont Street after casinos were ordered to shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak in Las Vegas.
Nevada to seek $300 weekly jobless aid, won't add $100
Aug. 25, 2020
Nevada is making plans to funnel $300 a week in federal coronavirus pandemic relief funds to out-of-work state residents, but won’t add $100 from the state.
President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Washington.
Trump unemployment order could cost Nevada over $33 million a week
Aug. 11, 2020
President Donald Trump’s executive order providing an extra $400 a week in unemployment benefits could cost Nevada more than $33 million a ...
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signs unemployment insurance legislation during a press conference, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020.
Sisolak takes steps to address unemployment insurance backlog
Aug. 6, 2020
Gov. Steve Sisolak has named former state lawmaker Barbara Buckley to lead an effort to reduce an unemployment insurance benefits backlog. Sisolak today also announced ...
From left, state Senators Scott Hammond, Mo Denis and Joe Hardy on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020 during the third day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/Nevada Independent)
Lawmakers OK expanded eligibility for Nevada unemployment benefits
Aug. 4, 2020
The Nevada Legislature passed a bill that would extend federally funded unemployment benefits by seven weeks and expand who qualifies for assistance.
Las Vegas man accused of unemployment benefits fraud, ID theft
Aug. 3, 2020
A Las Vegas man has been charged with identity theft and fraud-related charges after investigators said he possessed nearly two dozen unemployment ...
People wait in line for help with unemployment benefits at the One-Stop Career Center, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation and its partner organizations, like the One-Stop Career Center, have seen an increase in traffic due to the coronavirus.
Bill would extend Nevada unemployment benefits by 7 weeks
Aug. 3, 2020
Democratic state lawmakers introduced a bill Sunday to extend Nevada unemployment benefits from 13 to 20 weeks. The bill would also ...
Computer error behind missing $600 federal unemployment benefit
July 28, 2020
Nevada unemployment officials say they are fixing a computer error that caused some claimants to miss an extra $600 in federal ...
A view of the Encore and Wynn on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday, April 22, 2020.
Several Strip casino operators reducing staff amid pandemic
July 22, 2020
Several Las Vegas Strip resorts have announced jobs reductions as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Wynn Resorts, which operates Wynn Las Vegas and Encore, and ...
One of the many sculptured angels is shown at Caesars Palace on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015.
New Caesars CFO: Some job cuts coming, but company is 'bullish on Las Vegas'
July 21, 2020
The merger of Eldorado Resorts and Caesars Entertainment Corp. will result in a reduction of jobs, but the new company plans to make cuts as “compassionately and transparently as possible." Before layoffs resulting from the coronavirus pandemic ...
People wait in line for help with unemployment benefits at the One-Stop Career Center, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation and its partner organizations, like the One-Stop Career Center, have seen an increase in traffic due to the coronavirus.
Nevada added back 90,000 jobs in June, but troubles not over
July 15, 2020
Nevada added back nearly 90,000 jobs and the unemployment rate improved to 15% in June. State figures released Wednesday show the ...