The battle over proper unemployment funding and benefits continues in North Carolina. The state has reached the $2 billion mark for its unemployment insurance trust fund. That $2 billion mark…
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Today, the impact of layoffs is magnified by a workforce growing more sensitive to their employer relationship. At 75 million workers, Millennials are now the largest generation in our workforce…
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Today, we at 501(c) Agencies Trust announce the addition of ABLE, Inc as a new program participant. 501(c) Agencies Trust is a group of 1,500 nonprofits from across the country…
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Congressman Kevin Brady (R) of Texas has introduced H.R. 5945 the "Ready to Work Act of 2016." The legislation would amend title III of the Social Security Act to “allow States…
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Gov. Matt Bevin has announced that Kentucky is suspending the current unemployment insurance surcharge for contributing employers, effective immediately. The state’s approximately 91,000 employers have been paying a surcharge assessment…
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Thank you for your interest in our 2017 501(c) Agencies Trust Member HR Practices Survey. You may download a copy of the survey results here. (You will be asked to…
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One of the big issues facing residents in California's Silicon Valley is finding affordable housing. The median rent for an apartment or house in Mountain View, CA is $4,390, a 54…
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The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) has announced that it is now accepting applications for disaster unemployment assistance for employees and organizations who work in the parishes declared by the U.S. government as…
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A group of nearly 200 former meat packing employees in Colorado have been granted unemployment benefits by that state's department of labor after the employees were fired for walking off the job to…
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Ohio's unemployment insurance system is back in the news this week. Right on the heals of reforms passed recently to reduce the program's debt owed to the federal government comes…
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