UNEMPLOYMENT
A Changing Landscape: How Unemployment Will Impact the Way We Access Health Insurance
Over 40 million Americans have filed for unemployment insurance since mid-March. (1) While the weekly number of new unemployment insurance filings continues to decline, the total number of job losses across the United States has already reached unprecedented levels and the labor market outlook is far from certain. The economic impact of job losses relating …
Outdated technology may slow any solution to extend unemployment benefits
Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, speaks during a hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on June 9 about unemployment insurance during the Covid-19 pandemic. Leah Millis/Reuters/Bloomberg via Getty Images The enhanced unemployment benefits supporting household income for millions of jobless Americans will soon lapse. Lawmakers, scrambling …
‘Technology Issues’ May Have Impacted Some FPUC Payments – NBC 6 South Florida
Several people have told NBC 6 Responds their payments of $600 in Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, or FPUC, have suddenly stopped – without explanation – in recent weeks. Hans Stahl was among them. “I just stopped getting the money,” he said Wednesday. Hans said it took a few weeks, but his initial application for reemployment …
US weekly jobless claims total 1.877 million, vs 1.775 million expected
Filings for unemployment insurance claims totaled 1.877 million last week in a sign both that the worst is over for the coronavirus-related jobs crisis but that the level of unemployment remains stubbornly high. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 1.775 million new claims. The total nevertheless represented a decline from the previous …
Lost Your Health Insurance Because You Were Laid Off? Here Are Some Resources – CBS Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) — With the economic impacts of the pandemic continuing to ravage communities everywhere, many are finding themselves without a job — and the health insurance that comes with it. But there are resources for Illinoisans who’ve lost their jobs and need new insurance options. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is giving people more …
Weekly jobless claims reach 2.1 million, but total unemployed shrinks
First-time claims for unemployment benefits totaled 2.1 million last week, the lowest total since the coronavirus crisis began though indicative that a historically high number of Americans remain separated from their jobs. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 2.05 million. The total represented a decrease of 323,000 from the previous week’s upwardly …
Coronavirus live updates: Unemployment could hit 20% says White House advisors
Ethan Weiss, a San Francisco-based cardiologist, was worried. For the past two weeks, Weiss had been in New York, the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, volunteering at hospitals to help care for patients infected with the novel virus. But as Weiss tells it, he was about to face an even more daunting task this …
Coronavirus U.S. updates: Mnuchin says unemployment will get worse before it gets better
As several states lifted quarantine measures this weekend, allowing businesses and public spaces to reopen, Tom Inglesby, director of the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University, warned that even a partial reopening of the country could pose life-threatening risks to 1 in 3 Americans. During an interview on “Fox News Sunday” with host …
IRS issues May 13 deadline to enter direct deposit for stimulus checks
There’s no better time to think about next year’s taxes than right after you file this year. Jayme Thornton | Tooga Productions | Getty Images There’s still time to submit your bank account information to the IRS to get your $1,200 stimulus payment more quickly. But that window is closing, the IRS said on Friday. …
April Jobs Report Shows Record Unemployment Rate: Live News Tracker
U.S. employment hit 14.7% in April, with 20.5 million unemployed. The Labor Department said Friday that the economy shed more than 20.5 million jobs in April, sending the unemployment rate to 14.7 percent — devastation unseen since the Great Depression. The report underscores the speed and depth of the labor market’s collapse as the coronavirus …
