Sequestration: What’s the Latest?
While the FAA and a few others like meat inspectors beat sequestration, other programs like emergency employment benefits, Head Start, and funding to help domestic violence victims have been slashed in several states.
Belly-up Banker Bailed Out by Scott, Sits Atop State Agency
Although Gov. Rick Scott and the GOP-led Legislature recently implemented the stingiest jobless benefits program in the nation, ironically the man who now heads the state agency, responsible for administering these benefits, himself collected unemployment compensation during the period 2009-2011.
Uh Oh: Jobless Benefit Claims Rise
An increasing number of Americans – 4,000 more – applied for unemployment benefits for the first time last week, leading to a seasonally adjusted 372,000 persons, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Race to the Bottom: Florida’s Stingy Jobless Benefits Challenged
A pair of organizations who advocate for unemployed Floridians say a state law passed last year makes it too difficult for people without work to get unemployment benefits.
Why Congress Must Extend Unemployment Benefits
Unemployment insurance for 2.2 million jobless workers is set to expire on December 31, and if Congress does that act to extend these benefits, economic recovery of the U.S. economy would be seriously threatened.
How the Republicans’ JOBS Act will Hurt Millions of Americans
House Republicans introduced the Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits, and Services Act of 2011 or, as they prefer to call it, the JOBS Act of 2011, on May 11, 2011. To be clear, the JOBS Act, which provides an incentive for states to cut unemployment benefits, is less about creating jobs and more about hurting those who have lost one.
House Votes More Giveaways for Business, Cuts Jobless Benefits
Although there isn’t a shred of evidence showing cuts in what businesses pay into the state unemployment compensation system would lead to job creation, the Republican-controlled House on Thursday voted to shorten the number of weeks the jobless can collect unemployment.
House Committee OKs Proposal to Punish Jobless More
A business-friendly unemployment compensation measure similar to a proposal by Gov. Rick Scott was approved Thursday by a House committee, promising lower taxes on employers, a shorter payout period, and new requirements for workers seeking job benefits.
Republican Lawmakers to Cut Benefits for Unemployed
Already out of work and down on their luck, Republicans lawmakers propose cutting the maximum length of time that unemployed Floridians could receive state benefits from 26 to 20 weeks, while keeping the maximum weekly benefit at $275.
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