Including a government-funded program for the self-employed, gig workers, and others who do not qualify for the regular state unemployment programs 1.4 million people filed claims last week.
In the report (pdf) issued on May 28, the Labor Department Office of Inspector General said that the department and states were struggling to implement three pandemic-related unemployment insurance programs including the $600 supplemental unemployment
Workers who voluntarily quit their jobs aren't eligible for unemployment benefits. Workers quitting their jobs means that employers may not need to lay off other employees—which would then drive down unemployment claims.
Upon returning home, Skau immediately filed for unemployment. For three months she was assured by the unemployment office that everything was fine, until two weeks ago, when she was informed her benefits were being declined.
Another $100 million will be allocated to help states combat fraud in the temporary Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation programs, which were established by Congress to provide additional aid to the jobless
The unemployment rate was 8.2 percent in May, little changed from the 8.1 percent in April because the number of unemployed people in Canada overall stayed relatively steady.
Unemployment fell about 1 percent.
U.S. regulators want to crack down on U.S.-listed Chinese companies. They're calling for new rules to make Chinese firms comply with U.S. audits.
The Labor Department made the announcement in its Friday jobs report, which also showed that the unemployment rate fell from 6.7 percent in December to 6.3 percent in January.
President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan included provisions for a $300 weekly federal boost to unemployment benefits—in addition to state unemployment payouts—with the added benefits scheduled to lapse in September.
Georgia is set to end its participation in federal unemployment programs, including the $300 weekly federal unemployment payments that top up the state's unemployment benefits, Gov.
Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who wanted the extra weekly unemployment payments to be cut to $300 from $400, told Politico he finds Biden's proposal acceptable and doesn't plan to introduce any amendments to modify it.
