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As the Omicron variant spreads through the country, it will undoubtedly result in a new wave of employees needing time off from their jobs. While early pandemic-era federal benefits allowed for...
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted 242,000 for the week ended Dec. 7, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had ...
Federal unemployment benefits have been extended due to the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic, but they're set to finally expire on Sept. 6. More than 8 million Americans will lose ...
Unemployment benefits as part of the American Rescue Plan COVID-19 relief bill are slated to last at least until September, but a growing number of states are cutting them short early. See: Weekly...
Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by governmental bodies to unemployed people. Depending on the country and the status of the person, those sums may be small, covering only basic needs, or may compensate the lost time ...
The list of states that are opting out of enhanced federal unemployment benefits before they are due to expire keeps getting longer. See: How To Go Back To Work And Still Keep Unemployment Benefits...
The second phase was "an approximately $104 billion package largely focused on paid sick leave and unemployment benefits for workers and families" (the Families First Coronavirus Response Act), which had been enacted March 18, 2020. [10]
A total of 36.5 million filed for unemployment insurance from March 21 to May 9. [19] The Congressional Budget Office estimated that costs for unemployment insurance claims were $49 billion in April 2020, versus $3 billion in April 2019. An estimated $27 billion of the increase was due to the $600/week increase in unemployment benefits due to ...