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Unemployment benefits to dry up for 62,000 Kentuckians by March
Steve Bodnar, administrator of the Preston Highway employment office, directs claimants. (By Matt Stone, The Courier-Journal) Nov. 18, 2010 New estimates released Monday by the National Employment Law...
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More on President Obama’s jobs speech
Gary Wise, left, operations administrator for the Office of Employment and Training, assists Michelle Morris as she applies for unemployment benefits while her son Doug Hill, 17, looks on. By Sam...
View ArticleObama Plan | Voluntary work may become part of unemployment insurance
It was no surprise that President Obama called for an extension of federally funded unemployment benefits in his speech last night. That means Kentuckians would continue to be able to collect up to 99...
View ArticleObama Plan | Provisions aim to help the long-term unemployed
President Obama’s jobs plan looks like it will have several measures aimed at alleviating long-term unemployment. The latest data from the U.S. Department of Labor show a staggering 43 percent of the...
View ArticleCongress facing deadlines on unemployment benefits, payroll tax cut
Some 43,000 Hoosiers and 23,000 Kentuckians will prematurely lose eligibility for jobless benefits if Congress allows federal funding to expire at the end of the year, according to an analysis by the...
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Unemployment benefits | Recent Kentucky changes mean no help for the furloughed
Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Task Force Report My colleagues at the C-J and I know all too well that a recent change in state law makes it more difficult for Kentuckians to collect unemployment...
View ArticleUnemployment benefits | Congress to begin debate on another extension
Unemployment benefits for those who have been out of work longer than six months will again be on the agenda when Congress returns next week. (Background here.) With extra jobless benefits set to...
View ArticleUnemployment system could change after payroll tax cut deal
As part of the recent deal to extend the payroll tax cut, Congress included provisions that would allow states to make big changes in how unemployment insurance works. The changes could allow workers...
View ArticleKentucky economist: Baby boomers leaving the job market
The number of people in Kentucky’s labor force fell last month. Economists usually assume that’s because people get discouraged and temporarily give up looking for work until the job market improves....
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Long-term unemployment still at record levels
Even as the job market is coming back, a disturbingly high number of people have been jobless for 27 weeks or longer — the “long-term unemployed.” The chart above comes from the National Employment...
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