35,000 households to be hit by benefit cap at Christmas, says CPAG
An estimated 35,000 households on universal credit (UC), mostly families (77 per cent), will have their benefits capped from this month because they lost jobs or earnings to COVID-19 in March and their...
View ArticleIowa Workforce Development reports initial unemployment insurance claims...
There were 7,013 initial claims by individuals who work and live in Iowa, and 632 claims by individuals who work in Iowa and live in another state. The number of continuing weekly unemployment claims...
View ArticleGovernor Cuomo Announces New Yorkers Can Begin Using New Paid Sick Leave...
Paid Sick Leave Will Empower Workers While Protecting All New Yorkers' Health Strongest-in-the-Nation Legislation Enacted as Part of Governor Cuomo's FY 2021 Budget Leave can be Used for an Illness, to...
View ArticleRRF Foundation for Agings president urges action to address plight of older...
While Americans of all ages are cheering the prospect of vaccinations, the pandemic has already “put older people’s economic well-being at risk,” Mary O’Donnell, president of the RRF Foundation for...
View ArticleNeed for Legislation to Reinforce Fact that Illegal Aliens are not Eligible...
Carlstrom says that there are many reasons why it is important to take measures to repel the influx of illegal aliens.read more
View ArticleMore Than One-Third of US Households Save Through IRAs
ICI report finds that IRA investors plan and execute strategies for managing income and assets in retirement.read more
View ArticleA Universal Social Security Program?
Posted Friday, January 15, 2021 By Russell Gloor, AMAC Certified Social Security Advisor Add Comment Addread more
View ArticleCutting the lifeline now would be the wrong decision
Responding to reports that the Chancellor plans to end the £20 rise in Universal Credit in April , Helen Barnard, Director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation said:read more
View ArticleNFFE Victory in 2021 Omnibus Law Extended Payroll Tax Repayment to a Full...
Many federal employees were subjected to an involuntary deferral of payroll tax withholding (OASDI) during the last quarter of 2020. The effect of this action, as ordered by former President Trump, is...
View ArticleNew Datasets Show Opportunities Exist for States to Bolster Fair Hiring...
Two new datasets published to LawAtlas.org today offer a comprehensive look at state laws that address earned sick leave laws and Ban the Box policies. These datasets provide a snapshot of how earned...
View ArticleJudge sentences St. Louis County woman for making false statements to the...
ST. LOUIS – United States District Ronnie L. White sentenced Tayon Hutchins-Fowler to 12 months and one day in prison today. The 43-year-old Florissant, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, in December,...
View ArticleThe New York State Department of Labor Stops Fraudsters from Stealing More...
Since the Beginning of the Pandemic, New York State has Paid more than $65 billion in Unemployment Benefits to over 4 Million New Yorkers NYS Department of Labor has Identified Over 425,000 Fraudulent...
View ArticleJazz Musicians Paul Livant and Andy Snitzer Contribute Service Award to...
For Immediate Release Contact: Karen Friedman, 202-320-6518 January 08, 2021 www.pensionrights.orgread more
View ArticleTime to Celebrate! Congress Passes Legislation to Protect Retirees Pensions
For Immediate Release Contact: Karen Friedman, 202-296-3777 March 10, 2021 www.pensionrights.orgread more
View ArticleNew Report Offers Fixes for the Unemployment Insurance System in Massachusetts
Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University’s Tisch College assesses the urgent and long-term challenges of state’s unemployment insurance funding.read more
View ArticleAFL calls for paid leave for COVID-19 vaccinations
EDMONTON - As more workers get ready to get their COVID-19 vaccines, the Alberta Federation of Labour wants to help remove barriers for workers by calling for the provincial government to legislate...
View ArticleGovernor Hogan Announces Maryland Accepting Claims and Issuing Payments for...
BALTIMORE (March 23, 2021) – Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the Maryland Department of Labor (Labor) has begun accepting claims and issuing payments for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance...
View ArticleStates Mull Paid Sick Laws after Stimulus Leaves Out Mandate
Experts who track states' efforts to adopt paid sick leave mandates say the COVID-19 stimulus' lack of such a requirement has strengthened the push to get these measures onto governors' desks,...
View ArticleIRS projects stimulus payments to non-filer Social Security and other federal...
WASHINGTON – As work continues on issuing millions of Economic Impact Payments to Americans, the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department announced today that they anticipate payments will...
View ArticleIowa Insurance Division Launches Save4Later Retirement Security Program...
Summary: A 2019 survey conducted by the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education® (AFCPE®) found that nearly half of Iowans are not planning for retirement. The Iowa Insurance...
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