CHICAGO (CBS)-- A new roadblock has been thrown up for contract workers getting unemployment benefits. Many were notified Tuesday that the benefits they are expecting are being cut off. And as CBS 2 ...

Oregonians on Pandemic Unemployment Assistance will still get their regular weekly benefits despite the program’s late extension, but there is still no telling when they might pocket the money. The ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Unemployed Virginians said they can't file weekly claims for PUA benefits right now, the latest problem in a series of errors within the Commonwealth's unemployment system. Through a ...

PHOENIX — Up to 300,000 Arizonans are going through a new verification process in order to receive unemployment benefits by the state, but many complaints are coming in about the process not working.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Hundreds of thousands of Michiganders are set to lose their unemployment benefits after Christmas. Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) runs out on December 26. In the most ...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers questions from reporters during a news conference in which she announces that the state will shut down its system for processing unemployment claims to combat fraud.

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), established under the March Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, has provided almost $1.7 billion in benefits to over 323,000 Georgians ...

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance — commonly known as PUA — has returned, after the CARES Act program had expired at the end of December. Online. Gig workers, freelancers and self-employed people in ...

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claimants may now file for benefits. The state Department of Labor & Industry announced that eligible Pennsylvania residents could resume filing for PUA as of Friday ...

ATLANTA - New unemployment claims have jumped to nearly 1 million, moving up along with surging corona virus figures. Yes, unemployment safety nets are in place. But, for those filing for Pandemic ...

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