- Missouri lawmakers vote to slash unemployment benefits, By Austin Huguelet, February 23, 2017, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “The Missouri House on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment to a plan that would cut the amount of time people can claim jobless benefits to one of the shortest periods in the country…”
- Unemployment fraud still costing state millions, By Cornelius Frolik, February 21, 2017, Dayton Daily News: “Ohio has significantly reduced fraudulent overpayments to people collecting unemployment insurance since instituting measures designed to identify and recover money from benefit cheats…”
Category: Employment
Drug Testing and Unemployment Benefits
GOP to push drug testing expansion for unemployment recipients, By Richard Rainey, February 20, 2017, New Orleans Times-Picayune: “Drug testing of jobless Americans who collect unemployment benefits could grow under a Republican plan to roll back Obama-era restrictions on the practice…”
Retirement Savings for Low-Income Workers – California
Congress targets a California law that aims to give low-income workers retirement security, By Evan Halper, February 9, 2017, Los Angeles Times: ” An ambitious California law intended to help create retirement security for low-income workers is in the crosshairs of the Trump-era Congress, which is moving to block the state and others from launching programs to automatically enroll millions of people in IRA-type savings plans…”