Health Advocate or Big Brother? Companies Weigh Requiring Vaccines
From today’s New York Times: As American companies prepare to bring large numbers of workers back to the office in the coming months, executives are facing one of their most…
CA lawmakers propose slate of reforms for troubled unemployment agency
From today’s Los Angeles Times: After a pair of scathing audits confirmed California’s troubled unemployment agency has been plagued by years of mismanagement, state lawmakers on Thursday announced a raft…
CA’s unemployment fraud may top $9 billion, doubling estimate, expert warns
From today’s Los Angeles Times: As an army of investigators tries to pin down the scope of unemployment benefit fraud in California, the head of a security firm working for…
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It’s Time to Strike! This Could Be the Last Stand for American Workers
From today’s New York Times: Labor Day hit with an extra knife-twist of cruel irony this year, in an America that is barely trying to pretend anymore that the plight…
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. …
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 also said…
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…