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Employers attempting to block unemployment benefits

03/02/2009 PAUL NELSON KSL.COM SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Employers are trying to block jobless benefits to more than a quarter of the people who apply for them nationwide, including in Utah. Even if employees quit their jobs, they may be eligible for benefits if they prove that remaining on the job would have an adverse effect or that they continue to be in the labor market. Meanwhile, unemployment in Utah is at 4.3 percent, and initial unemployment benefits claims in January were up 10,000 from a year ago, to 24,000.

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Labels: jobless benefits, unemployment benefits claims, unemployment eligibility, Utah

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Higher jobless payments proposed in Washington State

02/01/2009 ADAM WILSON THE OLYMPIAN OLYMPIA, WASH.
Washington State leaders are considering a controversial plan to give unemployed residents an extra $45 a week in jobless benefits. Currently, unemployment insurance offers people between $129 and $541 a week, but Gov. Chris Gregoire has proposed using some of the state’s $4 billion unemployment insurance fund to lower the insurance taxes on businesses and boost weekly benefits for every recipient.

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Labels: Chris Gregoire, jobless benefits, unemployment insurance, Washington

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Mexico City soup kitchens to feed thousands

01/27/2009 DEBORAH BONELLO LOS ANGELES TIMES MEXICO CITY
With the number of people getting jobless benefits in Mexico City expected to double this year, the city’s first of 300 planned soup kitchens opened this month and was quickly packed. With food prices rising, the city plans to eventually spend about $14 million to give out 65,000 free or inexpensive meals a day. Most of the beneficiaries were elderly people or single mothers with children.

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Labels: jobless benefits, Mexico City, soup kitchen

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