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- Why the Economic Recovery Stinks on Main Street
- The results of today's University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey (consumer sentiment fell unexpectedly to 63.2 instead of rising to 69) only reflect what I've been hearing on my radio show and in emails from my readers: Wall Street may be generating huge profits and paying out even bigger bonuses,...
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
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- Sequent Wins $6.7 Million Contract with British Employment Service; Clustered Systems Provide High Availability for Nationwide Unemployment Benefit System
- BEAVERTON, Ore.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 1, 1995--Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., today announced that the United Kingdom's Employment Service has awarded a $6.7 million contract for systems and services to Sequent. The project is for the Employment Service's Labor Market System, which supports the new Job Seekers Allowance, a new government benefit...
- Research articles 1995-08-01
- Supplemental unemployment benefit plans free of payroll taxes.(BUSINESS TAXES)
- Supplemental unemployment benefit plans are free of payroll taxes, IRS says privately. Plan payments made to furloughed employees are exempt if they are tied to state benefits paid to involuntarily laid-off workers. In this case, the plan made payments to workers while they were waiting...
- Research articles 2007-03-09
- Unemployment Taxes Go Up in Washington.
- By Dave Woodfill, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 18--Dwindling unemployment insurance funds mean Washington companies will pay higher unemployment taxes for the first time since 1997. Officials said the unemployment-insurance trust fund fell 25 percent ...
- Research articles 2003-01-18
- Accenture to Modernize New Jersey's Unemployment Insurance Claims System; Program Aims to Provide Easier, Faster Access to Unemployment Benefit Claims
- TRENTON, N.J. -- The State of New Jersey has selected Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to develop and implement the New Jersey State Unemployment Compensation Claimant and Employer Service System NJ SUCCESS, designed to modernize the delivery and administration of unemployment insurance benefits throughout the state.
- Research articles 2005-11-07
- Unemployment-benefit extension may help 2,600 people locally
- More than 2,600 people in El Paso County may qualify for as much as 13 weeks of extended unemployment benefits under the federal government's economic stimulus package, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. President Bush signed the stimulus bill into law Saturday. The...
- Research articles 2002-03-13
- British unemployment drop nudges Sterling higher
- LONDON AFP ? Sterling got a small boost of its own when labour market data exceeded expectations, to strengthen the case for further Bank of England BoE rate hikes. Official data released Wednesday showed the number of people claiming unemployment benefit falling by a larger-than-expected 12,000 in May, taking...
- Research articles 2004-06-16
- Unemployment benefits fail to meet basic needs.
- Jul 10, 2003 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Research by Paul Henman, of Macquarie University, will be presented at the Australian Social Policy Conference in July 2003. Henman's research has found that the unemployment benefit does not meet the cost of living, especially...
- Research articles 2003-07-10
- Labor Department and Social Security Administration Partner to Reduce Unemployment Benefit Overpayments
- WASHINGTON, March 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor DOL and the Social Security Administration SSA signed a memorandum of understanding today that will allow the Labor Department to access social security data to combat unemployment beWASHINGTON, March 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor DOL...
- Research articles 2004-03-05
- Ohio Officials Tell Jobless to Keep Filing for Benefit Extension.
- By Cynthia Vinarsky, Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 31--YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio--State officials are advising jobless Ohioans to continue filing claims for federal unemployment benefit extensions, even though Congress hasn't established a funding source to pay for them. ...
- Research articles 2002-12-31
- 16 Ideas for the Next Stimulus Package
- Regular and voracious reader Ennyman tipped me to Incentives Matter, an economics blog by the lyrically-named economist Pedro Albuquerque (see Ennyman's interview with Albuquerque). As if on cue, yesterday saw the posting of Albuquerque's 16 directives for the U.S. government should follow to restore the economy with a minimum of...
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- Washington's Unemployment Insurance Increases 5.2 Percent.(Originated from The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.)
- TACOMA, Wash.--Jul. 4--Washington state residents collecting unemployment insurance will get a raise of up to 5.2 percent next week. The maximum weekly jobless benefit will go up $19 to $384, while the minimum weekly benefit will...
- Research articles 1997-07-06
- DeVry Could Benefit from Economic Contraction
- Ockham Research submits: The unemployment rate continues to climb as the credit crisis has the global economy in a vise. This week’s jobless claims rose by about 542,000, which equates to an unemployment rate of 6.5%, the highest in 16 years. Friday, President Bush signed into law a package...
- External links 2008-11-23
- Biz takes jobless-benefits fight to Senate.(business interests seek unemployment benefits)(Brief Article)
- Business interests are looking to the state Senate to regain ground on an unemployment-benefits bill that sped through the state House last Thursday. House Bill 5763, as passed by that chamber, would raise the maximum weekly benefit from $300 to $ Business interests...
- Research articles 2002-03-18
- WellPoint Sells PBM As Unemployment Rises
- WellPoint’s sale of its pharmacy benefit manager PBM unit to St. Louis-based Express Scripts for $4.7 billion appears to be the result of a financial-driven decision. While the giant Blues holding company expects earnings growth in 2009, it also anticipates that its membership will drop by a million members because...
- Blog posts 2009-04-13
- Labor Department Announces $8 Billion Transfer To State Unemployment Insurance Benefit Accounts
- WASHINGTON, March 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the transfer of $8 billion to state Unemployment Insurance trust funds from excess funds in the federal unemployment accounts. WASHINGTON, March 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the transfer of...
- Research articles 2002-03-14
- Bad Debts, Low Margins Batter Nationwide
- By Clara Ferreira-MarquesLONDON (Reuters UK) - House prices could retreat in 2010 if unemployment rises sharply, Britain's third-largest mortgage lender Nationwide warned on Friday.A lack of supply and low interest rates have boosted the housing market this year, but Nationwide said prices could go into reverse with unemployment set to...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Books and References: Labor Law
- "Benefits of Doubt: A Comparative Study of the Unemployment Benefit Schemes and Reintegration Opportunities of Great Britain, Germany, France and the Netherlands" is a manual published by Kluwer Law & Taxation Publishers (Cambridge, MA). "Benefits of Doubt: A Comparative Study of the Unemployment Benefit Schemes and...
- Research articles 1992-03-01
- Legislator Seeks to Bar Arizona from Adding Social Security to Unemployment.
- By Edward Gately, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 10--A Scottsdale lawmaker plans to push for an end to the state factoring in Social Security when determining seniors' unemployment insurance. Sen. Carolyn Allen, R-Scottsdale, plans to file...
- Research articles 2004-01-10
- Senate panel OKs unemployment tax bill
- A bill including unemployment tax cuts and benefit increases that may cost about $290 million over the next five years cleared another hurdle Monday as it passed out of the Senate Business and Labor Committee in substitute form.
- Research articles 1998-03-24
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