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Citing state s low unemployment rate, strong labor market and recovering economy, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced that Iowa will end participating in federal pandemic-related unemployment benefit programs to address worker shortage
Posted: May 11, 2021 9:53 PM
Updated: May 11, 2021 10:36 PM
Posted By: Alex Jirgens
MASON CITY, Iowa - Governor Kim Reynolds says it s time for everyone who is able to get back to work to do so.
Citing a strong labor market, a low 3.7% unemployment rate and a recovering economy, she s ending the state s participation several pandemic-related unemployment benefit programs. The week ending June 12 will be the last week the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation programs are available in Iowa. This means people will no longer receive their weekly $300 supplement after that da
We want people working : Little takes Idaho out of federal pandemic unemployment programs Nicole Blanchard, The Idaho Statesman
May 11 Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced Tuesday that he would end the state s participation in three federal unemployment programs meant to aid those struggling financially because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Little said Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation would end on June 19. Together, those programs offer an additional $300 weekly payment to unemployed individuals, extend unemployment benefits after regular limitations are exhausted, and provide unemployment for people usually ineligible for unemployment, such as the self-employed.
BOISE â Gov. Brad Little announced today Idaho will end its participation in three federal pandemic unemployment compensation programs to help employers get workers back on the job.
âEmployers are telling me one of the big reasons they cannot recruit and retain some workers is because those employees are receiving more on unemployment than they would while working. We see âHelp Wantedâ signs everywhere. Idaho has the strongest economy in the nation, and we are a top 10 state for best employment, but there is more we can do. Itâs time to get back to work,â Little said. âMy decision is based on a fundamental conservative principle â we do not want people on unemployment. We want people working. A strong economy cannot exist without workers returning to a job.â
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Iowa next month will stop offering unemployment benefits worth hundreds of dollars a week for people without a job, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday, although Congress had approved the additional pandemic jobless aid through September.
Starting June 12, Iowans will no longer be able to receive Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation or Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation. The first program added $300 a week in aid beyond the usual state jobless benefits. Other federal programs lengthened the number of weeks people would be eligible and extended aid to people who otherwise would not qualify, such as freelancers. The programs do not expire nationally until Sept. 4.