The Oregon Employment Department recently released employer tax rates for 2010.

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Oregon turned 150 on February 14, 2009. The Employment Department has produced a special commemorative book featuring the history of work in Oregon, including stories about Oregon pioneer families. Now available statewide. For more information, click the link below or visit the book's website at www.OregonAtWork.org

During these hard economic times, there are three unemployment insurance benefit extension programs to assist Oregonians out of work through no fault of their own. Those programs are known as Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) tiers 1, 2, 3, and 4, Extended Benefits (EB), and Oregon Emergency Benefits (OEB).

If you do an internet search on filing a claim for unemployment insurance you may end up at non-government sites that attempt to obtain financial information from you and charge you for their service.

How does the Federal Stimulus Package affect people receiving unemployment benefits in Oregon? For more information on the Stimulus Package and its effects on unemployment, click on the link below.

In the Online Claim System you can:
-File a new application
-Claim a week of benefits
-Restart a claim
-Check the status of your claim
-Apply for direct deposit
-Change your address