Freelancers can get unemployment pay for jobs lost to coronavirus
From today’s Los Angeles Times: New coronavirus laws provide a litany of benefits to the self-employed, freelancers and workers in the gig economy. But what are the benefits, and how…
A 3,000% jump in jobless claims has devastated the US job market
From today’s CNN Online: The last three weeks have marked one of the most devastating periods in history for the American job market, as first-time claims for unemployment benefits have…
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Federal government is weighing an infrastructure push to create jobs
From today’s New York Times: Fears are growing that the global downturn could be far more punishing and long lasting than initially feared — potentially enduring into next year, and…
Some workers won’t qualify for some unemployment benefits in relief package
From today’s CNBC News Online: The $2 trillion coronavirus relief package President Donald Trump signed into law Friday significantly expands unemployment benefits for out-of-work Americans. The law pays laid-off and…
Amazon, Instacart Workers Demand Coronavirus Protection And Pay
From NPR News Online: Some Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, N.Y., and Instacart’s grocery delivery workers nationwide walked off their jobs on Monday. They are demanding stepped-up protection and…
Civil Rights Groups Push TX To Expand Absentee Voting In Face of COVID-19
From Houston Public Media/NPR Online: Hundreds of civil rights organizations are calling on state governments to expand absentee voting in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. In Texas, that may…
Coronavirus to cost California 125,000 hotel jobs trade group says
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Struck by a severe drop in travel demand, California’s hotel industry is expected to lose more than 125,000 jobs in the next few weeks, more…
Op-Ed: Is the Coronavirus Shaping the Future of How We Work?
From today’s New York Times: Both the irony and the symbolism were evident as members of the California Future of Work Commission gathered in a virtual meeting, hastily rescheduled in…
Pandemic Erodes Gig Economy Work
From today’s New York Times: It was just after 11 a.m. last Wednesday when Jaime Maldonado, 51, pulled his rented Nissan into a lot outside San Francisco International Airport. He…
More than half of American jobs are at risk because of coronavirus
From CNN News Online: A week ago, Darrin Dixon wasn’t all that concerned about the coronavirus. Now he’s losing sleep over the prospect that the virus could cost him his…