Jobless Benefits Will Expire Unless Congress Acts

peaceandlove · 11-19-2009, 01:10 AM

Jobless Benefits Will Expire Unless Congress Acts

By ERIK ECKHOLM
Published: November 18, 2009

About one million laid-off workers will see their unemployment benefits end in January unless Congress acts quickly to renew existing federally paid extensions, according to a new survey and legislators and state officials.

The record extension of emergency benefits that was signed into law on Nov. 6 was widely praised as a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of Americans who had spent a year or more in fruitless searches for jobs.

The new law provided up to 14 weeks of federally paid aid to unemployed people who had exhausted existing state and federal limits, benefits that already lasted up to 79 weeks in many states. And for the majority of states with particularly high unemployment, it added six more weeks of payments, bringing the potential total to 99 weeks.

But many legislators, state aid officials and struggling workers apparently failed to read the fine print. The added federal benefits were built on a series of previous extensions that are slated to end on Dec. 31, unless Congress renews these programs. People who lost their jobs after July 1 of this year, for example, would receive no federal extensions once their customary six months of state aid ran out.

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Humble Janitor · 11-19-2009, 03:16 AM

They need to do SOMETHING, whether it's extend benefits or offer training for people to find jobs in different fields by acquiring better skills, etc.

I'm just glad to get another job in this economy.

11-19-2009, 01:10 AM	#1
peaceandlove Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Turtle Island Posts: 2,776	Jobless Benefits Will Expire Unless Congress Acts Jobless Benefits Will Expire Unless Congress Acts By ERIK ECKHOLM Published: November 18, 2009 About one million laid-off workers will see their unemployment benefits end in January unless Congress acts quickly to renew existing federally paid extensions, according to a new survey and legislators and state officials. The record extension of emergency benefits that was signed into law on Nov. 6 was widely praised as a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of Americans who had spent a year or more in fruitless searches for jobs. The new law provided up to 14 weeks of federally paid aid to unemployed people who had exhausted existing state and federal limits, benefits that already lasted up to 79 weeks in many states. And for the majority of states with particularly high unemployment, it added six more weeks of payments, bringing the potential total to 99 weeks. But many legislators, state aid officials and struggling workers apparently failed to read the fine print. The added federal benefits were built on a series of previous extensions that are slated to end on Dec. 31, unless Congress renews these programs. People who lost their jobs after July 1 of this year, for example, would receive no federal extensions once their customary six months of state aid ran out. Continues: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/us...er=rss&emc=rss SOURCE: http://feveriam.blogspot.com/ FeverIAm's 'NEW' youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/MikeRadmann His previous channel will be shut down soon, but will leave the videos up a while longer: http://www.youtube.com/user/FeverIAm Last edited by peaceandlove; 11-19-2009 at 01:15 AM.

11-19-2009, 03:16 AM	#2
Humble Janitor Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,201	Re: Jobless Benefits Will Expire Unless Congress Acts They need to do SOMETHING, whether it's extend benefits or offer training for people to find jobs in different fields by acquiring better skills, etc. I'm just glad to get another job in this economy.