Gov. Little ends Idaho s participation in federal unemployment programs
The Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation programs will end June 19, 2021. Author: KTVB Staff Updated: 4:08 PM PDT May 11, 2021
BOISE, Idaho Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced Tuesday the state will end its participation in all federal pandemic unemployment programs. Little said his decision to withdraw from the programs will help employers get Idahoans back to work. Employers 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, Little said in a statement. We see Help Wanted 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. It s time to get back to work.
Iowa to end federal pandemic unemployment benefits next month
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Angie Davidson already lost her income once during the pandemic. Now she s worried it will happen again.
Davidson, 45, of Wapello, applied for federal unemployment insurance benefits last year when the COVID-19 pandemic forced closures of the flea markets and farmers markets where she sold soaps and jewelry and read Tarot cards.
The money that she earned supplemented her husband s $3,500 monthly military disability check, the primary income for their family of five.
Iowa Workforce Development denied her application for benefits. She filed a challenge, and a judge ruled in her favor in September, but Davidson said she didn t receive any payments until late September. For months, she said, the family whittled its savings.
XE Market Analysis: Europe - May 10, 2021
The dollar has managed to find a toehold after plunging on Friday on the massive U.S. jobs report disappointment. Economists were blindsided by the data, focused too much on burgeoning demand while taking their eye off the gaping pandemic-era supply side anomaly in the labour market: that is, the difficulty businesses are having in recruiting workers, with millions who normally work in low paid service sector jobs finding their incomes are better on unemployment benefits than working in their previous jobs. By way of illustration of prevailing realities, one McDonald s restaurant in Florida has been offering $50 for anyone who just turns up for an interview. Child care has reportedly been particularly hard to come by, too, contributing to the curtailment in labour supply. Other factors at play include labour market skills have in some areas degenerated as a consequence of prolonged absence from work. The fact is, the pandemic emergency benef
May 10, 2021
Today the Oregon Employment Department announced the annual change to the minimum and maximum weekly benefit amounts (WBAs) for regular unemployment insurance (UI). For new regular UI claims filed in Oregon on or after July 4, 2021, minimum and maximum WBAs each will increase by approximately 9%.
The increase will also apply to new PUA claims effective on or after July 4, 2021. This increase will be a significant income boost for new claimants who receive the minimum or maximum WBA. During the most recent quarter, 16% of regular UI recipients received the minimum WBA, and 24% received the maximum WBA.
The 9% increase is the result of growth in Oregon’s average weekly wage during 2020. Starting July 4, the minimum WBA for new regular UI claims will increase by $14, from $157 to $171 per week. The maximum WBA for new regular UI claims and new PUA claims will increase by $60, from $673 to $733 per week. The minimum WBA for new PUA claims will not be affected because it
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