AUGUSTA For the week ending June 5, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,600 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 150 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). In total, approximately.
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature voted Wednesday to eliminate a $300-a-week federal bonus for unemployed people, a measure that Democratic Gov..
Texas Workforce Commission those special pandemic guidelines will soon be coming to an end.
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In a a release this week, The Texas Workforce Commission announced Texans who turn down job opportunities because they feel like the job isn t safe during the pandemic will no longer be eligible to receive unemployment benefits. The new guidelines take affect on June 26th. The decline in COVID cases in Texas, widespread availability of vaccines, and greater availability of services such as child care renders such guidance out of date, a TWC press release stated Tuesday.
Additionally beginning June 26th, unemployed Texans will lose access to a $300-per-week supplemental benefit through the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program.