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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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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Next year, employers in Ohio will enjoy a 50 percent reduction in their per employee unemployment insurance taxes. Currently, Ohio employers pay $168 per employee in unemployment insurance taxes. In 2017, that…
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The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that recent changes to the state's unemployment insurance program unconstitutional on a technicality. The unemployment changes were passed in HB 150 this past spring. The law reduced the…
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Today, we at 501(c) Agencies Trust announce the addition of Marana Main Health Center (MHC Healthcare) as a new program participant. 501(c) Agencies Trust is a group of 1,500 nonprofits from…
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Iowa is finally pushing their unemployment claims system away from automated filing by phone to an online application. Unemployment claims in the state will have to be filed online after the…
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