Unemployment Extension 2012 Since late 2008 millions of Americans have suffered through the worst recession the United States has suffered since the Great Depression. In an attempt to revitalize the poor economic status of the country, Congress and President Barack Obama passed the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009. This “Stimulus” bill and other [...]
Unemployment Claims The unemployment insurance program was created during the Great Depression. The purpose of the program must provide temporary financial assistance to individuals and their families when they innocently lost their job and, therefore, were struggling to pay bills and put food on the table while the household breadwinner attempted to find new employment. [...]
Work One Unemployment Work One is the State of Indiana’s primary portal to file for unemployment benefits if you are a resident of that state. The Work One unemployment benefits website is overseen and maintained by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Their goal is to help you receive Indiana unemployment benefits (if you meet [...]
Unemployment Benefits State and federal unemployment benefits are available to individuals who are out of work or are suffering from underemployment. Unemployment compensation is managed by each individual state and is overseen in general by the United States government. In other words, there is unemployment insurance partnership between the state governments and the federal government. [...]
Unemployment Benefits As the economic recovery the United States has been prolonged and unemployment rates throughout the country of remained historically high the demand for unemployment benefits (sometimes erroneously known as “employment insurance”) has increased significantly. Unfortunately, the laws and regulations relating to these benefits can be difficult understand there are many misunderstandings about how [...]
Federal Unemployment Benefits Unemployment insurance was a general welfare program that was originally created through the Social Security Act of 1935 and was initially managed by the Social Security Administration. Over time, the Department of Labor took over the reins of the unemployment benefits laws, rules and regulations and manages it to this day. Unemployment [...]
Unemployment Benefits By State As the economic recovery of the United States has slowed to a virtual crawl over the past few years the demand for state and federal unemployment benefits has skyrocketed. This trend looks to continue itself for the foreseeable future as the US unemployment rate remains above historical averages and the country [...]
Federal Unemployment The United States unemployment insurance programs available throughout the country are a hybrid structure. The federal government has set forth the general parameters and outlines of the country’s unemployment benefits and has left each individual state to determine for itself how to fill in many of the details. Despite individual state differences much [...]
Unemployment Insurance Both state governments and the United States federal governments offer unemployment insurance benefits. Unemployment insurance (“UI”) payments are available to individuals who are forced to work reduced hours or have lost their job through no fault of their own. The job loss can be due to any number of reasons, including broad layoffs, [...]
Weekly Unemployment Claims Following economic difficulties of the United States is faced since 2008 the number of weekly unemployment claims made by individuals against state and federal unemployment benefits programs has increased dramatically. Along with this increased demand state and federal legislatures have significantly expanded the number unemployment claim weeks available for an individual who [...]
