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WOODBURN, Ind. The U.S. Department of Labor recently approved enhanced federal unemployment benefits for workers at the BFGoodrich tire plant in Woodburn but those displaced workers were back on the job by the time the agency finalized its decision.
Workers at the Woodburn plant were laid off in early 2020 as production of certain tires shifted to company facilities overseas. This enabled the 80 or so affected people to qualify for benefits through the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance (
TAA) program, which provides enhanced unemployment, education, relocation, job search, wage subsidy and tax benefits for impacted workers.
The layoffs prompted the Indiana Department of Workforce Development to apply for TAA benefits on their behalf, according to Mandy Mahurin, operations manager for the TAA unit at the Indiana agency.
More stimulus on the way, but will it be enough?
1/1/21 6:49 PM
INDIANAPOLIS Federal aid is on its way to Hoosiers after President Donald Trump signed a coronavirus relief bill into law this week.
The $900 billion stimulus package is the first significant effort in nine months to get financial aid to the people and institutions most affected by the pandemic. Congress passed the bill early last week, but the president delayed signing it after criticizing what he called low stimulus payments to Americans and wasteful spending on other programs.
The federal government last made COVID-19 help available when it passed the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act in late March. At that time, most individual adults received $1,200 stimulus checks and $500 per dependent child under age 17.
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