The number of Iowans who filed unemployment claims in the week that ended on Saturday increased 4% to 54,874, data released today by Iowa Workforce Development
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An estimated 11.4 million Americans stand to lose their unemployment benefits between March 14 and April 11 unless Congress quickly passes an extension as part of its next coronavirus aid package, according to a new report from The Century Foundation, a left-leaning think tank.
More than 4 million workers would see their benefits end on March 14 and about 7.3 million more would have their payments expire over the following four weeks. Without another extension, the report says, only some 734,000 workers in 12 states would be able to receive extended state unemployment benefits in April.
President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package would continue the emergency unemployment payments and increase benefits under the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program from $300 a week to $400 a week. The report says that continuing the pandemic benefits could deliver $9.6 billion a week to families, and it urges lawmakers to
Displaced workers who saw their federal unemployment aid run out before several programs ended in December can reopen or file new claims under renewed programs later this month.
âWEâRE ready,â said CNMI Department of Labor Secretary Vicky I. Benavente on Wednesday regarding the second round of unemployment benefits provided by the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program.
Benavente and her team appeared before the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Government, Law and Federal Relations on Feb 3, 2021 to provide updates on the PUA and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation programs.
She said she is hopeful that U.S. DOL will approve CNMI s funding request of $185 million, adding that these funds will benefit roughly 26,000 applicants.
Through the Continued Assistance Act, the second round of PUA will run from Dec. 27, 2020 through March 13, 2021.
Although the first round of PUA has closed, there are still a few applications being adjudicated, she added.