Can CT prevent a federal unemployment tax hike in January? Businesses are pushing for it.

Avoiding the tax increase will depend on whether the state’s unemployment trust can stay fiscally afloat until mid-November … State labor officials are trying to keep Connecticut’s cash-starved unemployment fund afloat through early November, while avoiding borrowing to replenish it before then.If they can do so, they could stave off a potential increase in federal…

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California may pay unemployment to striking workers. But the fund to cover it is already insolvent

Some California lawmakers want to make striking workers eligible for unemployment benefits. The push in the final weeks of the state’s legislative session is in response to multiple strikes. Some California lawmakers want to make striking workers eligible for unemployment benefits. The push in the final weeks of the state’s legislative session is in response…

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California senator pushes legislation to give unemployment benefits to strikers

California Senate Appropriations Chair Anthony Portantino said he hopes to get legislation passed that will give strikers unemployment benefits in the Golden State. California Senate Appropriations Chair Anthony Portantino said he hopes to get legislation passed that will give strikers unemployment benefits in the Golden State. See the entire article on Arizona’s unemployment, or, read…

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Why The RBA Is Banking On Unemployment

This is precisely what the RBA is trying to do. Make business hard. If families have less to spend because of mortgage stress, asset values are falling, or companies aren’t spending borrowed money … It’s like a movie: the path to success goes via a place none of us wants to visit. We all want…

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