Sify (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The number of unemployed U.S. workers seeking emergency relief under federal programs rose at the end of October, the government said on Thursday, clouding the picture of the weak jobs market.
TurboTax Online (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The 2009 stimulus bill extends the period of time that workers who have lost their jobs can collect unemployment benefits, and adds $25 a week to those checks. While unemployment benefits normally run for 26 weeks-or until you get a...
FLA Politics - Front Page (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Our digest of, and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. Thank the Chamber and AIF The Saint Petersburg Times editorial board: "No employer can be happy with Florida's nearly 12-fold increase in unemployment compensation taxes next year. It will hit nearly 500,000 of them at a time when they can least afford it. But it's the direct result of Florida's decadeslong addiction...
Later On (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Each of these is breathtaking in its own way, and I highly recommend clicking through on all three: Rep. King Reminisces About The Days When Football Players Could ‘Get A Job Because They Knew Someone’ ‘Read the stimulus’ advocate Dick Armey slammed for not bothering to read the stimulus. Florida Sen. George LeMieux Holds Obama’s Nominee For Brazil [...]
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Yesterday, the House Oversight and Government Reform committee held a hearing on the implementation of the Recovery Act, also known as the stimulus. Republican members invited former GOP Majority Leader Dick Armey, who now leads the corporate front group FreedomWorks, to testify as their expert witness. After listening to Armey argue at length about the [...]
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The 8,000 Kentuckians due a 20-week extension of unemployment compensation won't see their checks for at least a month, while a similar number of Hoosiers could start getting their payments as early as next week.
Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Some Florida businesses want to partly roll back an increase in their unem...
Monroe on a Budget (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Sven at the Michigan Jobs Blog at MLive has found some technical issues with the emergency unemployment extensions that longterm jobless Michigan residents are counting on / hoping for. A snippet: There’s another problem with the unemployment extensions signed into law earlier this month: The legislation does nothing to address the fact that all of the Emergency [...]
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
From a Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation in Griffin v. N.H. Dep’t of Employment Security (handed down Nov. 16): For six years prior to May 19, 2009, Griffin worked for the Hospital as a radiology technician. Prior to May 19, Griffin had a conversation with a patient in which he recounted a news story regarding the [...]
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Some Florida businesses want to partly roll back an unemployment compensation tax increase after being shocked by its magnitude.
The Buzz Florida Politics (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
If we have to blog one more lob in this week's tit-for-tat between Democrats and Republicans on the whole unemployment compensation/federal stimulus deal, we might pull our hair out. So we talked to Amy Baker, the state's chief economist, to...
OREGON LEGAL RESEARCH (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I was thinking, for obvious reasons, about previous Presidential statements on sweeping changes to the Health and Welfare ( and happiness pursuit ) of the nation: 1) Presidential Statement on Signing the Social Security Act, August 14, 1935 ( Roosevelt ) “ Today a hope of many years' standing is in large part fulfilled. The civilization of the past hundred years, with its startling industrial...
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment insurance was unchanged last week, remaining above the level that would indicate the economy is adding jobs. WRH permalink
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Unemployment compensation taxes paid by Florida businesses will skyrocket next year due to the state's high jobless rate that hit 11 percent in September, revenue officials said.
ABC News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Florida unemployment compensation tax on businesses to skyrocket due to high jobless rate Unemployment - Unemployment benefits - United States - Business - Tax
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