Unemployment Extension 2010

Unemployment Extension 2010 During 2010 Congress passed laws that involved unemployment extensions for state benefits as well as a federal unemployment benefits extension plan.  These changes to the law were necessitated by persistently high unemployment numbers, with the United States consistently hanging above a 9.0% unemployment rate, which includes almost two million unemployed individuals throughout [...]

Unemployment Benefits Extension

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

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 [...]