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“Until now, many workers have faced a devil’s bargain: Risk coronavirus infection, or choose some level of safety and live without income support,” the Labor Department said.
According to Michele Evermore, senior policy advisor for unemployment insurance at the U.S. Department of Labor, individuals who test positive for COVID-19 and stay home to recover are not ...
Many jobless Americans will soon have to meet one more requirement to be eligible for their unemployment benefits.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, [b] [1] also known as the CARES Act, [2] is a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 116th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 27, 2020, in response to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act is an Act of Congress meant to respond to the economic impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The act provides funding for free coronavirus testing, 14-day paid leave for American workers affected by the pandemic, and increased funding for food stamps .
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.
Tennessee workers were the latest to file a lawsuit against Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday, arguing that the workers cited in the lawsuit have been unable to pay for basic expenses since the ...
Several coronavirus relief bills have been considered by the federal government of the United States: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 , enacted March 6, 2020; $8.8 billion