Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jerry Oleksiak today announced that people who exhaust their regular unemployment compensation (UC) and federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) may now qualify for 13 additional weeks of payments through the state’s … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/29/analysis-warns-11-those-unemployed-due-pandemic-have-zero-chance-getting-job-back Published on Monday, June 29, 2020 by Common Dreams “The 10.7% number represents the hard floor that we’ll bump up against when the virus vanishes, leaving us in a Great Recession level unemployment situation.” By Eoin Higgins, … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs so far during the COVID-19 pandemic and nearly half of adults live in a household that has lost income since mid-March. The result: dramatically increasing economic insecurity. … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): While the coronavirus pandemic has shut down much of the U.S. economy, with over 33 million workers applying for unemployment insurance between March 15 and May 9, millions of workers are still on the job providing … Continued
Posted at https://www.epi.org/press/a-waking-nightmare-todays-jobs-report-shows-20-5-million-jobs-lost-in-april/ EPI’s Elise Gould writes: After a sharp fall in March, payroll employment dropped like a rock in April. I struggle to even put into words how large this drop is. It’s as if all the gains in employment … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Last week’s jobs report puts our economic challenges in stark terms, with more than 20.5 million U.S. workers out of work for the month of April. The very best thing Congress can do right now … Continued
On April 30, the U.S. Labor Department reported that the advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment (UI) during the week ending April 18 was 17,992,000, an increase of 2,174,000 from the previous week’s revised level. It explained, “This marks the highest … Continued
From ELCA Advocacy (https://www.elca.org/Our-Work/Publicly-Engaged-Church/Advocacy): NOTE: You do not need to be Lutheran to use this link. In the last several days, leaders in Congress have been debating which federal resources and international policies our communities still need to adequately address the … Continued
The Department of Labor and Industry has launched a new online job portal. People seeking employment can visit www.PAcareerlink.pa.gov and select the green “PA COVID-19 Jobs – Hiring Immediately” job portal banner to see active job openings. Selecting the “Apply Now” button for … Continued
