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The Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009 is a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives of the 111th United States Congress by Congressman Jim McDermott that would give an extra 13 weeks of unemployment benefits to jobless workers in states with unemployment rates of 8.5 percent or more.
On Wednesday, June 30, the United States Senate rejected a bill that would extend the expired unemployment benefits that have been keeping approximately 1.2 million unemployed Americans afloat.
The most recent extension was provided by the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which extended unemployment benefits until the end of 2013. [ 2 ] The United States Department of Labor 's Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the average (mean) duration of unemployment in weeks was 37.2 weeks in November 2013. [ 3 ]
A House bill introduced by Representative Shelley Berkley (D-NV-1) on August 10, 2010, will, if passed, benefit those who have exhausted all of their benefits by providing an additional 20 weeks of unemployment benefits under a Tier 5. The bill has an unemployment rate threshold of 10% which requires states to have an unemployment rate at 10% ...
The state’s unemployment agency potentially overpaid an estimated $55 billion in recent years to people who may not have been eligible for jobless benefits, a California state audit has found.
Six months into the pandemic, some laid-off workers find themselves waiting weeks or even months to receive their unemployment benefits. “I'm living with my mother now, out of necessity,” said ...
According to the White House, this would benefit 10.5 million lower-income families with 18 million children. [2] Extension of ARRA's treatment of the Earned Income Tax Credit for two years. [7] According to the White House, this would benefit 6.5 million working parents with 15 million children. [2] Extension of ARRA's American opportunity tax ...
The state’s unemployment insurance debt, which ballooned as a result of the pandemic, is in dire straits with no clear path forward. Unemployment insurance: California’s ‘urgent’ $20 ...