South Carolina and Montana to end all pandemic unemployment benefits for jobless residents
South Carolina is joining Montana in ending federal pandemic unemployment benefits for its residents next month. The Republican governors of both states say the enhanced jobless programs are dissuading people from returning to the workforce and are creating labor shortages.
They are the first two states to halt participation in the historic federal expansion of jobless benefits, which Congress enacted last spring as the coronavirus pandemic began upending the national economy and costing millions of Americans their jobs.
The move, which may be replicated in other states as the economy springs back to life amid declining coronavirus cases, is necessary to address Montana’s “severe worker shortage,” said Gov. Greg Gianforte, a Republican.
May 7, 2021
Governor McMaster has set a date for South Carolina to stop participating in federal unemployment benefit programs related to the pandemic.
As of June 30th, South Carolina will no longer offer Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation, Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation, Emergency Unemployment Relief for Governmental Entities and Nonprofit Organizations, or Temporary Federal Funding of the First Week of Compensable Regular Unemployment for States with No Waiting Week.
McMaster says the supplemental unemployment payments are causing the state s labor shortage. The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce says there are over 81-thousand open positions in the state.
Initial and continuing jobless claims in Iowa both down last week
$7,760,594.26 in unemployment insurance benefits were paid out in the state last week, a weekly decrease of $901,155.40 (10.40%). Author: Local 5 News, Elizabeth Christy, Mario Rossi Published: 1:52 PM CDT May 7, 2021 Updated: 1:52 PM CDT May 7, 2021
IOWA, USA 3,375 initial unemployment claims were filed last week in Iowa, a decrease of 580 (14.66%) from the previous week.
3,027 initial claims for the week of April 25-May 1 were by people who work and live in Iowa, and 348 were by individuals who work in Iowa but live outside the state.
For the week ending May 1, 2021, nearly 54.2% of claimants indicated their claims were not COVID-19 related, which is an increase from 50.7% the previous week, Iowa Workforce Development said in a release.
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