Criticism and strategizing for Employment Security before Legislature
Washington state capitol in Olympia. (AP file photo)
The first week back at the Legislature virtually, that is saw plenty of conversation over what went wrong at the Employment Security Department this past year, and what steps might be taken to help out those who are unemployed.
With the pandemic came record unemployment, a backlog that has seen tens of thousands of people at a time waiting on benefits, a fraud attack that robbed government of hundreds of millions of dollars, and the looming figure of rising unemployment taxes on businesses to refill the Unemployment Trust Fund, which is funded entirely by these taxes.
By LINDA DENG in Seattle | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-01-15 06:19 Share CLOSE
Despite the arrival of two vaccines and recent grants, restaurants in Washington state are still struggling to survive, and some are ignoring state orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Farm Boy Drive-In in Olympia, and Spiffy s Restaurant and Bakery in Chehalis reopened their dining rooms in December, publicly defying Governor Jay Inslee s November coronavirus order that prohibited indoor dining.
The owners of the two restaurants will continue to rack up fines and face legal proceedings until they stop serving meals in their dining rooms, Thurston County Judge Chris Lanese ruled.
ShiftPixy, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2021 Q1 Results
January 14, 2021 16:30 ET | Source: ShiftPixy, Inc. ShiftPixy, Inc. Irvine, California, UNITED STATES
MIAMI, Jan. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) ShiftPixy, Inc. (NASDAQ: PIXY), a Florida-based staffing enterprise that designs, manages, and sells access to a disruptive, revolutionary platform that facilitates employment in the rapidly growing Gig Economy, today announced results for the quarter ended November 30, 2020 (“2021 First Quarter”).
2021 First Quarter Financial Highlights
Improved balance sheet with cash position of $9.1 million and no long-term debt as of November 30, 2020, compared to cash of $4.3 million and no long-term debt as of August 31, 2020.
Successfully closed public equity offering yielding gross proceeds of $12 million on October 14, 2020.
Kristine Sherred: Restaurant Rally sent checks of at least $10,000 to 289 Pierce County restaurants
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 1/8/2021 Kristine Sherred, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Jan. 8 Nearly 300 full-service restaurants received a slice of $7.5 million in CARES Act funding as part of a county program that reimbursed them for extending a 30 percent discount to diners.
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A final tally of the Pierce County Restaurant Rally indicates these restaurants reported $6.38 million in sales over 10 days in November. About 60 percent of 485 eligible full-service restaurants, open prior to March 23, 2020, participated.
In the first week, Nov. 8-12, 252 restaurants were reimbursed for $3.16 million in sales, according to county data. The promotion was then interrupted by a statewide ban on indoor dining.