Research in Employment Policy: Reform of the Unemployment Insurance System Vol 1 (Research in Urban Policy,) (v. 1)
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
From our friends at the National Women’s Law Center, this news about the extension of unemployment of insurance benefits, signed into law today: Unemployment rose to 10.2 percent in October, reaching a 26-year high, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While the unemployment rate among men is higher than among women, [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
New Hampshire's two senators are hailing Senate passage of a bill that would extend unemployment insurance benefits to workers in every state who are in danger of seeing their benefits run out in the coming weeks.
Docuticker (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Monthly Labor Review — October 2009 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Articles include: Part-time workers: some key differences between primary and secondary earners; Manhattan’s financial sector and the 2005–07 employment dynamic; The parenting of infants: a time-use study; Unemployment insurance recipients and nonrecipients in the CPS.
LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
America's economy A joyless recovery New figures suggest that America has at last moved out of recession THE American government reported on Thursday October 29th that gross domestic product rose at an annualised rate of 3.5% in the third quarter compared with the second. This was the first increase since the second quarter of 2008. It backs up other evidence that the recession ended in the third quarter...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
About 45,000 Texans who have exhausted their unemployment insurance payments — or soon will see them run out — may tap additional benefits for up to seven more weeks.
Random Thoughts from Reno (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
He, like many other Senate Republicans, is in no hurry to help the millions of unemployed workers out here in the real world : Moments ago, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) took to the chamber floor with a strange claim about the urgency surrounding legislation to extend unemployment insurance. “The benefits haven’t run out yet,” Kyl said. “We’re going to pass this before the benefits...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Senate Democrats, emphasizing that 7,000 people a day are running out of unemployment insurance benefits, pushed Tuesday for action on legislation to extend those benefits for up to 20 weeks.
AFL-CIO Weblog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The latest state-by-state jobs and unemployment numbers are out, and as the experts at the Economic Policy Institute ( EPI ) note we have a long way to go before we can say this recession is over. Nationally , the economy lost 5.2 percent of all jobs since December 2007. In many states, the story is even more grim: Arizona has lost 10 percent of its jobs, Michigan has lost 9.8 percent and Nevada has...
Blue Mass. Group - Front Page (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
As the House Chairman of the Legislature's Joint Committee on Federal Stimulus Oversight, I have been tasked with helping to oversee funds coming to the Commonwealth through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and to ensure that the state spends this money wisely and in a timely manner. I work closely with the Administration and other entities to gain information about ARRA spending,...
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation says it'll keep its unemployment insurance telephone claim centers open this Saturday due to high demand for claims calls.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment insurance has fallen to the lowest level since early January, a sign the labor market is slowly improving.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment insurance has fallen to the lowest level since early January, a sign the labor market is slowly improving.
montgomeryadvertiser.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats said Thursday they have reached a deal to extend unemployment insurance benefits to the nearly 2 million jobless workers across the country who are in danger of running out of assistance by the end of the year.
Smart Money (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Get ready for Stimulus Part 2. Against a backdrop of deteriorating jobs, administration officials and policy makers are weighing further action intended to prop up the labor market and expand some federal safety nets. Despite some signs that the economy is beginning to recover, most economists agree that the labor market will worsen before it improves. In September, the unemployment rate rose to 9.8%,...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Senate Democrats have reached a deal to extend unemployment insurance benefits to workers in every state who are in danger of seeing their benefits run dry in the coming weeks.
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