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Group of SC residents suing McMaster for ending fed pandemic unemployment assistance
The lawsuit aims to have assistance reinstated and paid retroactively and proactively to those who qualified - or would have if the state hadn t withdrawn from it. Author: Christopher Buchanan Updated: 9:10 PM EDT July 29, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. A group of unnamed plaintiffs is suing the governor of South Carolina and the head of the state s Department of Employment in Workforce, claiming they forfeited more than half a billion dollars in benefits that would have otherwise gone to hard-hit residents.
The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday in the Court of Common Pleas in the Fifth Judicial Circuit and accuses Governor Henry McMaster and DEW Director G. Daniel Ellzey of working against the best interests of South Carolinians.
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Employers Struggle While Unemployment Benefits Continue Until The End of June
By Violet Comber-Wilen
June 4, 2021
Beginning on June 27, Florida will no longer provide the Pandemic Unemployment Benefits of $300 per week.
Under the new rules established on May 30, those collecting this type of unemployment must search for jobs weekly and submit these searches to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
Despite these changes, many employers are still struggling. Particularly, Spurrier’s Grille in Gainesville.
Steve Spurrier’s Rooftop Bar needs at least 120 more employees before it can open. (Jessica James/WUFT News)
About 134,000 residents have been waiting for further help since the program ended in December. Author: WTOL Newsroom Updated: 2:57 PM EST February 8, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio Over 100,000 Ohioans can again receive federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance after the state upgraded its system over the weekend.
About 134,000 residents have been waiting to receive Pandemic Unemployment Benefits since the program expired in December. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services completed required upgrades that also allow Ohioans to submit new PUA applications.
“Time has been of the essence as we worked to implement the programming necessary to provide these benefits,” ODJFS Director Kimberly Henderson said. “Those eligible will receive all benefits they are entitled to, in addition to the new weekly $300 supplemental payments available to all unemployment insurance beneficiaries through recent federal legislation.”