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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Tens of millions are out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic. Many wonder what they'll do when extra federal employment benefits are set to run out at the end of July.
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    New Unemployment Claims Dip Below 2 Million In Sign Pace Of Job Losses May Be Easing

    Jun 04, 2020
    The Labor Department says about 1.9 million people filed for unemployment last week, but there are some signs that people may be returning to their jobs.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Workers prepare takeout orders May 1 in Houston. For more than two out of three unemployed workers, jobless benefits exceed their old pay, researchers say. That discrepancy can raise awkward questions for workers, bosses and policymakers.
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    For Many, $600 Jobless Benefit Makes It Hard To Return To Work

    May 26, 2020
    For more than two out of three unemployed workers, jobless benefits exceed their old pay, researchers say. That can raise awkward questions for workers, bosses and policymakers.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Launched during the Great Depression, the unemployment insurance system has seen unprecedented strain during the coronavirus crisis.
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    How A Decades-Old Unemployment Insurance System Is Measuring Up In The Pandemic

    May 21, 2020
    Indivar Dutta-Gupta, a co-executive director at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, explains the U.S. unemployment insurance system's origins and role today.
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    Record Number of Unemployed Means Frustration, Questions

    Apr 20, 2020

    In the wake of Governor Steve Sisolak's March 17 nonessential business closure to slow the spread of the coronavirus, record numbers of Nevadans filed for unemployment.

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    Are We Firing Too Many People In The U.S.?

    Apr 07, 2020
    Instead of mass layoffs, Germany tries to safeguard employment. Under a program called Kurzarbeit, when companies declare they're under financial distress, the government helps pay their workers.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    The economic rescue package passed by the Senate this week would let gig workers and other self-employed people seek unemployment benefits they wouldn't normally qualify for.
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    Gig Workers Would Get Unemployment Safety Net In Rescue Package

    Mar 27, 2020
    Uber drivers, Airbnb hosts and other gig workers who have lost their livelihoods because of the coronavirus pandemic would get some relief under the proposed new $2 trillion federal rescue package.
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    Banks Agree With California To Stop Foreclosures For 90 Days In Coronavirus Crisis

    Mar 25, 2020
    More than one million residents have filed for unemployment insurance since March 13, Gov. Gavin Newsom says, as businesses shut down to slow the spread of the disease.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves the Senate floor on Wednesday as the U.S. Senate was poised to pass a massive relief package for Americans and businesses ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic.
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    What's In It For You? $1,200 Checks, 13 Weeks Of Unemployment Payments And More

    Mar 25, 2020
    Congress has announced agreement on a $2 trillion economic relief package for the effects of COVID-19. Most households will get a relief check, and unemployment insurance has been greatly expanded.
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    Employment Security Council Recommends Lower Unemployment Insurance Rate

    Oct 08, 2018

    Nevada's Employment Security Council is recommending an overall reduction in the unemployment insurance rate, and the Nevada Appeal reports that the recommendation could save state businesses more than $250 million next year. 

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    State Unemployment Insurance Computer Program Overhauled

    Sep 30, 2015

    Nevada officials have finished overhauling an outdated, 30-year-old computer system that processes unemployment insurance.

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