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McGuireWoods Consulting

Update: State Actions Limiting Supplemental Unemployment Benefits

As of May 11, 2021, eleven Republican-led states had announced their intention to phase out expanded unemployment in a response to poor employment figures and reports of employers facing difficulty finding workers. Less than...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Navigating the American Rescue Plan’s Employment-Related Provisions

On March 12, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) was signed into law, providing an estimated $1.9 trillion stimulus package to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the ARP’s key provisions include a...more

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FFCRA and Unemployment Changes Under the American Rescue Plan

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The American Rescue Plan of 2021 (the Rescue Plan) is a massive $1.9 trillion COVID-19 pandemic relief package that contains some key employment-related provisions. The Rescue Plan provides additional benefits to...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

New DOL Guidance Expanding Eligibility For Unemployment Insurance To Three Categories Of Workers

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The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued guidance to state unemployment insurance agencies that expands eligibility for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). PUA is a federally funded unemployment expansion that was...more

Epstein Becker & Green

U.S. DOL: Employees Who Refuse to Work Under Unsafe Conditions May Be Eligible for CARES Act Unemployment Benefits

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While much attention is currently focused on whether Congress will extend, in whole or in part, the emergency $600 increase in unemployment insurance benefits (“UI”) that, until July 31, 2020, had been provided by the CARES...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

U.S. DOL Answers Questions From States About PUA Unemployment Program

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued an update to its Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) 16-20 to provide additional guidance on the CARES Act’s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program in...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Employment Law Update: Schools in NJ Are Now Closed for the School Year: Next Up, What Parents and Employers Need to Know About...

With New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s announcement yesterday (May 4, 2020) that the state’s primary and secondary schools will remain closed through the end of the current school year, employers and employees who are the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Delaware: Unemployment Compensation Update

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The Delaware Department of Labor runs the state’s unemployment benefits program. The Department of Labor has posted guidance and issued a set of Frequently Asked Questions related to COVID-19 that can be found here....more

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DOL Clarifies Unemployment Benefits in New Letters

Over the last few weeks, employers across the county have had to grapple with an onslaught of new legislation at both the state and federal level. As part of its implementation of the new federal employment law mandates, the...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

U.S. DOL Issues Additional Guidance on CARES Act Unemployment Programs

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently published two additional Unemployment Insurance Program Letters (UIPLs) providing guidance on the administration of the expanded unemployment insurance benefits under the CARES Act....more

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