Unemployment Compensation
Fact Check: Workers Fired for Refusing a Aaccine are Unlikely to Qualify for Unemployment McKenzie Sadeghi USA TODAY Published 1:11 p.m. ET Aug. 9, 2021 Updated 2:14 p.m. ET Aug. 9, 2021 The claim: Employees who are fired for refusing a vaccine are eligible for unemployment benefits The highly transmissible delta coronavirus variant has caused a nationwide [...]
Due to the Covid-19 relief bill and other unemployment compensation laws, company requirements have changed. Are you aware of all the federal and state changes and your company responsibilities? The federal laws sound and look like alphabet soup: FFCFA, FMLA, PPP, FEMA, and CARES. And don’t forget the new Covid relief bill. Join small business [...]
September 1, 2020 Anticipating the Unemployment Punch By Daniel P. Smith; 9/1/20 With pizzerias forced to lay off staff amid COVID-19, employer tax rates likely to jump. Over a three-week run spanning mid-March to early April, nearly 17 million Americans filed for unemployment – and it’s no secret the restaurant industry, home to some 15.6 [...]
South Korea's news service Arirang interviewed me & Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Professor, Economics & Geography, Hofstra University on their pandemic related show Friday 5/1/20. Our segment is 31.10 minutes in. It concerned May Day AKA International Workers Day & the pandemic's effect on our economy, labor markets & the unemployment rate. Thanks to everyone at Arirang [...]
The Small Business Guide to Unemployment Insurance By Sammi Caramela, Contributing WriterUpdated: March 30, 2020 Tero Vesalainen/Shutterstock When an employee loses their job, unemployment insurance pays out to ensure the individual is properly supported for the time being. If you have employees, you are required to pay into State Unemployment Insurance (SUI) and the Federal Unemployment [...]
