The numbers: New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose in mid-February to a four-week high of 861,000, showing lots of Americans are still losing their jobs nearly a year after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Initial jobless claims filed traditionally through the states rose by 13,000 to 861,000 in …
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In an effort to combat fraudulent unemployment insurance claims, which have been rampant in some states during the pandemic, gig workers and self-employed workers will be required to provide documentation of their earnings to get unemployment benefits under the new stimulus package. Gig workers and self-employed people aren’t traditionally eligible …
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Dear Moneyist, I am concerned that people are receiving another 11 weeks of unemployment benefits along with an extra $ 300 per week. I don’t have a problem with providing assistance to those who need it. It’s so sad to see families suffering financially. But what about these other people …
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Predictions for the coming months are dire. In much of the country, the rate of COVID-19 infections is higher than it was last spring. Vaccines are already being administered in the U.K. and should soon begin to be administered in the U.S., but the pandemic is not over yet. Epidemiologists predict that by spring 2021, when it is likely a vaccine may become more widely available, another 200,000 …
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Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories: Personal Finance 12 million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits the day after Christmas These Americans are in ‘grave danger’ if lawmakers leave them behind, wrote the authors of a new report. 6 tax moves to consider before the end of the year …
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Members of the public walk past the Cineworld cinema in Leicester Square on October 05, 2020 in London, England. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images The U.K. jobless rate jumped to 4.5% in the June to August period, the Office for National Statistics reported on Tuesday. The unemployment rate was higher than the …
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Workers wear NHS Test and Trace branded Hi-Vis jackets as they work at a COVID-19 testing centre in Bolton, northern England on September 9, 2020, as local lockdown restrictions are put in place due to a spike in cases of the novel coronavirus in the city. oli scarff/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images …
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More than 30 states have been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to start distributing an extra $ 300 a week in weekly unemployment benefits. The $ 300 federal add-on results from executive actions taken by President Donald Trump this month in the form of three memos and one …
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More than 250,000 unemployed people in Arizona became the first Americans to receive an extra $ 300 in weekly unemployment benefits on Monday following executive actions taken by President Donald Trump. An executive order that Trump signed Aug. 8 calls for distributing an additional $ 300 in weekly unemployment benefits …
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