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Georgia and Florida cut the duration of unemployment benefits
Georgia is vying with Florida for the title of stingiest state, when it comes to jobless residents. The Republican-controlled State Legislature passed a bill last week to cut the duration of unemployment benefits from a current maximum of 26 weeks to a range from 14 weeks to 20 weeks, depending on the state unemployment rate. … Continue reading
U.S. | Unemployment Extension | Summary of the changes
Federal extended unemployment benefits are in effect for 2012, however federal extended benefits for long-term unemployed workers will be gradually reduced to 73 weeks in the states with the highest rates of unemployment and 63 weeks elsewhere. Alison Doyle presents a summary of the changes @: via Unemployment Extension.
Australia’s unemployment benefits | Bad and getting worse
“A report on inequality to be delivered to Treasurer Wayne Swan this morning will label Australia’s welfare system one of the best and most efficient in the developed world, with the exception of unemployment benefits which are the worst relative to community standards and shrinking” writes Peter Martin. The report, to be unveiled just after Mr … Continue reading
Indiana’s $2 billion unemployment debt
Our Team continues our investigation into alleged mismanagement of the state’s unemployment system, turning now to who’s in charge of watching over the agency. Current and former employees came forward to I-Team 8, exposing that they were told to use questionable tactics to reduce the workload of an overwhelmed system. Our questions now turn to … Continue reading
High Unemployment Not Primarily Driven by Lost Construction Jobs – Economic Intelligence (usnews.com)
We often hear that today’s high unemployment is being primarily driven by workers who were laid off from construction jobs, but it’s not true. It is true that the bursting of our 8 trillion dollar housing bubble meant an enormous loss of construction jobs and that unemployment in construction is severe. But the bursting of … Continue reading
Veterans Can Qualify for Unemployment | Military Family Central
Veterans and service members just separating from active duty who can’t find a job could qualify for unemployment compensation. The transition back into civilian life is not easy, that’s why the Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Service members program (UCX) is there to help out on the financial front when those who serve separate from the military and … Continue reading
Unemployment Extension – Version 2 – Nicole Kurokawa – Townhall Conservative Columnists – Page 1
Passed last week as part of a comprehensive payroll tax cut/doc fix/general handout bill, Congress also moved to extend unemployment benefits. That’s hardly a surprise, given the reluctance of fiscal conservatives to take any stand that could be construed as incentives to out-of-work voters. While extending the enhanced federal unemployment program, the bill will scale … Continue reading
Unemployment insurance: It’s killing small businesses – Baltimore Sun
I run a small business — about 20 employees — in the Baltimore area. We are a manufacturing company in the construction industry. I have worked extremely hard and sacrificed my own pay to keep our people employed over the last five years. I have not had a layoff and had previously earned a low … Continue reading
Still not enough jobs – The News Herald
The jobs situation nationally is slowly improving, but is the pace fast enough to reward President Barack Obama with reelection? The administration says January saw a net gain of 243,000 jobs, and 351,000 newly laid-off workers sought unemployment benefits last week, the fewest since March 2008. These encouraging signs come as the number of people … Continue reading
100,000 jobless facing unemployment benefit changes 100,000 jobless facing unemployment benefit changes
Thousands of Ohioans could see their extended unemployment benefits cut short as early as this spring as the federal government pares back the duration of benefits from an unprecedented 99 weeks. Congress last week reauthorized extended benefits through the end of the year for millions of unemployed Americans, including about 100,000 in Ohio. The federally … Continue reading
Unemployment Extension – jobsearch.about
Congress has passed and President Obama has signed extension of federal extended unemployment benefits programs and the payroll tax cut. Federal extended benefits for long-term unemployed workers will be gradually reduced to 73 weeks in the states with the highest rates of unemployment and 63 weeks elsewhere. Here’s a summary of the changes: Extended Unemployment Tiers 2012 … Continue reading
How Economists Tally Unemployment—and Its Affect on the Black Jobless Rate – COLORLINES
When the black unemployment numbers dropped so steeply in January—from 15.7 to 12.7 percent—a lot of analysts were scratching their heads to figure out why. One told us that it was “quite surprising,” but there would be no way to know what the numbers meant or whether they were accurate until we saw if the … Continue reading
Rep. Charles Rangel: Unemployment and Poverty in America
The recent payroll tax deal struck by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama will keep an average of $1,000 in the pockets of 160 million American families through 2012 in addition to enabling tens of millions of seniors to continue seeing the doctor of their choice under Medicare. It also provides unemployment benefits for … Continue reading
To Claim Unemployment Benefit, You May First Have To Do A Drug Test | Economy Watch
In a deal to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, Congress has passed a law that would soon allow states to conduct drug-tests before handing out payments. While the Republicans initially wanted to extend the drug-tests to all unemployment benefit applicants, the new law would only allow the tests to be conducted on … Continue reading
29,500 long-term unemployed Michigan workers lose benefits
Nearly 30,000 “long-term” unemployed workers in Michigan—those out of work for more than 6 months—had their Extended Benefits (EB) assistance abruptly disqualified as of February 18. The EB assistance is the last extension program available for workers who have exhausted all other forms of emergency unemployment compensation. The disqualification comes as a result of new … Continue reading
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