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Disaster Unemployment Assistance - Severe Storms & Tornadoes 21 May 2013 | 09:17 pm
President Obama recently declared disaster areas in Oklahoma because of severe storms and tornadoes. Subsequently, employees and self-employed individuals who have lost their jobs or incomes as a dire...
Disaster Unemployment Assistance - Severe Storms & Tornadoes 21 May 2013 | 09:17 pm
President Obama recently declared disaster areas in Oklahoma because of severe storms and tornadoes. Subsequently, employees and self-employed individuals who have lost their jobs or incomes as a dire...
Unemployment Benefit Extensions 2013 - Updated 8 Jan 2013 | 01:50 am
President Obama has signed a new law that stretches eligibility for unemployment benefit extensions through 2013. Under the new law, nicknamed the “fiscal cliff bill” and officially entitled the Ameri...
Unemployment Benefit Extensions 2013 2 Jan 2013 | 11:36 pm
Late last night, the House of Representatives passed a Senate-passed bill that stretches eligibility for unemployment benefit extensions through 2013. President Obama is expected to quickly sign the s...
Must my employer give me time off to vote? 11 Oct 2012 | 09:17 pm
If you’re wondering whether or not your employer must give you time off from work to vote in U.S. elections, such as in the presidential election on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, it depends on whether or...
Must my employer give me time off to vote? 11 Oct 2012 | 09:17 pm
If you’re wondering whether or not your employer must give you time off from work to vote in U.S. elections, such as in the presidential election on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, it depends on whether or...
Wildfire Unemployment Benefits 10 Jul 2012 | 11:24 pm
Wildfire unemployment benefits are now available in Colorado for employees and self-employed individuals, in the form of Disaster Unemployment Assistance. President Obama recently declared major disas...
Wildfire Unemployment Benefits 10 Jul 2012 | 11:24 pm
Wildfire unemployment benefits are now available in Colorado for employees and self-employed individuals, in the form of Disaster Unemployment Assistance. President Obama recently declared major disas...
Unemployment Rate - Updated Monthly 7 Jul 2012 | 02:13 am
The U.S. unemployment rate held at 8.2 percent in June, while the economy added fewer jobs than economists had expected. June was the third straight month of sluggish hiring. Economists had expected t...
Mass Layoffs Report - Updated Monthly 21 Jun 2012 | 01:07 am
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that employers completed 1,380 mass layoffs in May, causing 130,191 newly laid-off workers to file initial claims for unemployment benefits. Both num...
