Portmouth named 1 of top 20 places with lowest unemployment! (Portsmouth: live, offices)

[dzmjp]

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Portsmouth was named in the top twenty cities for lowest unemployment!

[CityGirl52]

Here's one of the reasons. In southern NH quite a lot of people work in Massachusetts, so if a job ends there, they end up collecting where they work not where they live. AND the state of Massachusetts believe it or not has more $$$ in their funds than NH when they need to actually collect the unemployment benefit. "It's a fact Jack!!"....

[TheJagMan]

Originally Posted by CityGirl52

Here's one of the reasons. In southern NH quite a lot of people work in Massachusetts, so if a job ends there, they end up collecting where they work not where they live. AND the state of Massachusetts believe it or not has more $$$ in their funds than NH when they need to actually collect the unemployment benefit. "It's a fact Jack!!"....

My wife 2006, my wife got laid off in Mass, collected for a couple months, found a job in NH and got laid off 3 months later...In Mass, the requirements (as of '06) to collect require you to show up in one of unemployment offices and fill out a piece of paper that asks where you've applied to...There was even a rule that if you were a full time student you can collect without actively looking for a job.

In NH on the otherhand, they pair you up one on one with someone and you have to visit weekly...If they find you a job, even if it's lower paying, if you refuse it, you stand a good chance of losing your unemployment benefit...