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The Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–205 (text)) is an American law that was signed into law by President Barack Obama in July 2010. It extends the filing period for unemployment benefits for Americans affected to the serious economic recession of 2007 until November 2010.
Jobless aid will soon flow again to millions after President Barack Obama on Thursday signed a bill to extend emergency unemployment insurance, capping months of partisan debate over the measure's ...
An unemployment extension occurs when regular unemployment benefits are exhausted and extended for additional weeks. Unemployment extensions are created by passing new legislation at the federal level, often referred to as an "unemployment extension bill". This new legislation is introduced and passed during times of high or above average ...
The Senate moved forward with the unemployment benefits extension bill, which will provide retroactive benefits until the end of the year, effectively beating the Republican filibuster with a vote ...
The Senate failed to pass a $10 billion measure that would extend unemployment benefits that are set to expire for 1.1 million Americans this weekend. Late on Thursday and again Friday morning ...
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.
Now that Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning has finally relented and allowed the Senate to pass unemployment extension benefits, many out-of-work Americans can breathe a sigh of relief. When there's a ...
A 13-month extension of federal unemployment benefits. [2] [9] The cost of this measure was estimated at $56 billion. [7] A temporary, one-year reduction in the FICA payroll tax. The normal employee rate of 6.2 percent is reduced to 4.2 percent. The rate for self-employed individuals is reduced from 12.4 percent to 10.4 percent. [9]