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The unemployment insurance program is a benefit for workers who have lost their jobs. The maximum duration of benefits has increased from 26 to 99 weeks in some states. Unemployment extensions across the U.S. are typically not a concern due to stringent policies that state unemployment agencies have enacted in recent years.
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.
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act is an Act of Congress ( H.R. 6201) 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. [ 1]
Last year, Eagle gave the end of the summer 2022 as the date when the streamlined system would be working. That’s right about now, meaning CONNECT has to get it right this time.
Florida workers plan to file a lawsuit against Gov. Ron Desantis early next week, arguing the state has a statutory obligation to pay unemployed workers the additional $300 in weekly benefits ...
Florida is the latest GOP-led state to opt out of federal unemployment programs early, increasing the total number of states to 23.
Introducedin the Senate as S. 1845by Sen. Jack Reed (D, RI)on December 17, 2013. The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act(S. 1845) is a bill that would extend the length of unemployment benefitsto cover another three months, until March 31, 2014. The three-month extension would cost $6.4 billion. [1]
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