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Weekly unemployment benefits provided by the state will be increased from a maximum of $350 to $600. Gov. Cooper increases NC unemployment benefits after Helene. Here’s what’s available.
Those qualifying for Disaster Unemployment Assistance, in the 39 declared counties, will be represented in the dashboard data. The dashboard is also expected to help lawmakers and stakeholders.
The leader of the North Carolina agency tasked with providing aid to unemployed workers says payment delays aren’t expected to be brought up to federal standards in a year.
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
In the United States, there are 50 state unemployment insurance programs plus one each in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands. Though policies vary by state, unemployment benefits generally pay eligible workers as high as US$1,015 in Massachusetts to a low as US$235 per week maximum in Mississippi.
The commissioner is a constitutional officer who leads the state's Department of Labor. North Carolina's general statues provide the commissioner with wide-ranging regulatory and enforcement powers to tend to the welfare of the state's workforce. They also sit on the North Carolina Council of State. The incumbent is Kevin O'Barr, who has served ...
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell by 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 219,000 for the week ended Dec. 21, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Meanwhile, those who have lost work ...
Key takeaways. If your state overpays your unemployment insurance benefits, you’ll typically need to repay by a set due date, file an appeal or request an overpayment waiver with the state, or ...