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 [...]
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, [...]
Unemployment Benefits Calculator Every state in the United States as well as the federal government offer some type of unemployment benefits. Unfortunately, reading through or understanding unemployment benefits laws, regulations and other rules is quite challenging for most people. This is the case even though many state websites attempt to offer explanations on how their [...]
Unemployment Benefits Extension As the economic turmoil continues throughout the United States, more and more people have turned to unemployment benefits and, in many cases, unemployment benefits extension payments to stay financially afloat. However, current unemployment extension laws are set to change following the end of 2011. These changes come on the heels of one [...]
Unemployment Extension One topic that seems to be in the news on a regular basis is whether Congress will continue to allow for an unemployment extension of unemployment insurance benefits. The availability of benefits has shifted multiple times over the course of the last several years and has been a part of multiple pieces of [...]
Extension of Unemployment Benefits The laws dealing with the extension of unemployment benefits have undergone several different changes since Congress and President Obama implemented the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Under that 2009 law, individuals were granted the opportunity to receive (in some instances) not only an economic recovery payment but also [...]
Unemployment Extensions Following the passage of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act in 2009, unemployment benefit extensions have been provided by Congress on multiple occasions. The net result of unemployment benefits extended has been to allow people to receive up to 99 weeks (i.e., almost two years) worth of unemployment benefits (when state and federal [...]
Extending Unemployment Benefits Unemployment benefit extensions are a hot topic as of late because of the difficult economic times the United States currently faces and the increased unemployment rate, which has resulted in millions of people filing for and receiving unemployment benefits. As Congress has passed different laws in an attempt to help the United [...]
Unemployment Benefits Extended There has been quite a bit of confusion surrounding whether certain unemployment benefits extended beyond 2011 or not. The answer: probably not (not the answer you were hoping for, right?). In summary, almost all individuals who became unemployed on or before July 31, 2011 have the opportunity to receive benefits through 2011. [...]
