Maine to Start Paying Back to Work Bonus
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14 Jun 2021
Maine’s Democrat Gov. Janet Mills announced the “Back To Work” program Monday, which will give people who join the workforce a one-time payment, administered by the state’s Department of Labor and the Department of Economic and Community Development.
The state’s program will be providing the employers the funds to give a “one-time $1,500 payment for eligible workers who start jobs between June 15 and June 30.” People who start a job in July will be receiving “a $1,000 payment for eligible workers” to help “encourage unemployed Maine people to return to the workforce.”
DENVER Paulie Keener is representing himself in a lawsuit against Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado Department of Labor and Employment executive director Joe Barela that alleges that “the labor department [is] withholding $593.83 worth of benefits the state’s online filing system incorrectly found he was not entitled to,”
Man Sues Colorado Labor Department Over Unemployment Funds
The state’s unemployment system incorrectly labeled Paulie Keener ineligible to receive nearly $600 in jobless aid. Keener’s lawsuit claims he hasn’t been provided equal protection under the law.
May 28, 2021 • (TNS) Paulie Keener is one of the roughly 146,000 Coloradans who had an ongoing unemployment claim in the state as of May 22.
He s also suing Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado Department of Labor and Employment executive director Joe Barela over what he views as a lack of accountability around serving people entitled to unemployment benefits.
Keener, 52, is claiming, in part, that he has not been provided equal protection under the law as guaranteed to him under the U.S. Constitution. That argument stems from the labor department withholding $593.83 worth of benefits the state s online filing system incorrectly found he was not entitled to.