Why Work From Home When You Can Work From Barbados or Estonia?
From today’s New York Times: When Lamin Ngobeh, a high-school teacher at the Freire Charter School in Wilmington, Del., saw a social media post last month about working remotely in…
Uber likely to shut down in California for over a year if new ruling not overturned
From today’s NBC News Online: In new court filings Wednesday, a top Uber official said the company would “almost certainly need to shut down” ride services in California for “likely…
California lawmakers ask Newsom to act immediately on unemployment claims
From Los Angeles Times: More than half the members of the California Legislature called on Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday to immediately begin paying unemployment benefits to many of the…
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Coronavirus relief talks restart as jobless aid divides GOP and Democrats
From today’s CNBC News Online: Democrats and Trump administration officials will sit down again Monday afternoon to try to hammer out an elusive deal on a fifth coronavirus aid bill.…
Senate GOP, White House propose cuts to unemployment relief checks
From today’s ABC News Online: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a new coronavirus relief plan on the Senate floor after Senate Republican leaders and the White House appear to…
McConnell says stimulus deal may take ‘a few weeks,’ putting millions with expiring jobless aid in limbo
From today’s Washington Post: With days to go before enhanced jobless benefits expire, the White House and Senate Republicans are struggling to design a way to scale back the program…
Mnuchin says plan for unemployment extension will be based on 70% wage replacement
From today’s CNBC News Online: The Republican coronavirus relief plan will extend enhanced unemployment insurance “based on approximately 70% wage replacement,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday. The Treasury secretary…
California unemployment falls, but virus surge likely to reverse job gains
From today’s Los Angeles Times: California added 558,200 jobs from mid-May to mid-June and state unemployment fell from 16.4% to 14.9% — but don’t start celebrating yet. The numbers don’t…
Unemployment and job growth show strong improvement, but coronavirus darkens the outlook
From today’s Los Angeles Times: The U.S. economy added a larger-than-expected 4.8 million jobs in June despite the worsening COVID-19 pandemic, registering solid gains for the second straight month after…
Employer-Based Health Care, Meet Massive Unemployment from Pandemic
From today’s New York Times: In the early months of 2020, Americans were engaged in the perennial election-year debate over how best to reform the nation’s health care system. As…