Minnesota lawmakers consider extended unemployment benefits for laid-off steelworkers

Minnesota lawmakers consider extended unemployment benefits for laid-off steelworkers

ST. PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers are considering bills to extend unemployment insurance for steelworkers affected by recent layoffs. The “Minnesota Miners Relief Act,” HF3030/SF3216, would extend 26 weeks of unemployment insurance for steelworkers laid off between March 15 and June 15, according to bill language. The bill does not have an official fiscal note, but authors estimated in a Wednesday, April 2, press release that it would cost $10 mill…

Back from its objectives and the idea, spread by the right, that the unemployed would abuse the system, the reform of 2021 increased their precariousness, according to a report by its evaluation committee published on Thursday, 3 April.

State approves extension of costly call center contract to cope with looming federal layoffs - Maryland Matters

Maryland Labor Secretary Portia Wu. (File photo by Bryan P. Sears/Maryland Matters)The Board of Public Works approved a $3.9 million extension Wednesday of a call center contract ahead of an expected surge of calls from laid-off federal workers, despite concerns about the “Frankenstein-esque” growth of the contract. The five-month extension, which was requested by the Maryland Department of Labor, comes one day after thousands of workers at the …

Average unemployment benefits have decreased by 18% since the 2019 reform, which "only stimulated the recovery of low-sustainable jobs," according to a study by the Ministry of Labour.