When Eugene Burnett saw the neat tract houses of Levittown, New York, he knew he wanted to buy one. It was 1949, and he was ready to settle down in a larger home with his family. The newly established Long Island suburb seemed like the perfect place to begin their postwar life—one that, he hoped, would be improved with the help of the GI Bill, a piece of sweeping legislation aimed at helping World War II veterans like Burnett prosper after the war. But when he spoke with a salesman about buying the house using a GI Bill-guaranteed mortgage, the door to suburban life in Levittown slammed firmly in his face. The suburb wasn’t open to black residents. “It was as...
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Job Details Unemployment Insurance Adjudicator Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of individuals and businesses in your communities? The Nebraska Department of Labor Adjudication team has an exciting opportunity for individuals who are detail oriented, enjoy daily challenges and variety, and specialize in decision making within the capacity of Nebraska Employment Security Law. These future team members must strive in multi-tasking and communicating in a fast paced and positive team oriented environment. If this sounds like you...apply today! We offer an excellent total compensation package including: 12 paid holidays; vacation and sick leave; State-matched retirement plan;...
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We’re sorry to hear that you are unemployed currently. But it is just a phase and before you know it, your life will be back on track and you’ll wonder why you felt so dejected in the first place. Being unemployed is hard on your finances. Thanks to unemployment insurance (UI), you must be having your basic necessities covered. However, looking for a new job never seemed more important. Drafting a competent resume is a skill in itself and so here are some cool resume writing tips to gather your recruiter’s attention. 1. Be Honest This translates as don’t fabricate information or over exaggerate. Don’t downplay anything either. If you have a skill, describe it in the best possible way and...
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“For many unemployed people, Australia not only doesn’t have one of the best safety nets in the world, it has one of the worst.” That’s the finding of an analysis of Newstart by the Australian National University’s Prof Peter Whiteford – and comes despite Scott Morrison’s claim in May that Australia’s safety net is a world-beater. There appears to be more momentum now for an increase to Newstart, Australia’s $277.85-a-week unemployment benefit, than there has been for quite some time. But there is still more to say. So consider this, Newstart facts, part two. How does Newstart compare to the rest of the world? Whiteford’s analysis, which first appeared in a piece for Inside Story, used OECD...
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Failures of the Unemployment Insurance System The Social Security Act of 1935 established the federal-state unemployment insurance (UI) system, which pays benefits to workers who are laid off. Basic UI benefits are funded by payroll taxes on employers, but in recent years Congress has used general federal revenues to fund a range of extra benefits. With the recent recession and stagnant economy, the cost of the UI system has soared. In 2011, the program will cost taxpayers $134 billion, but the costs are expected to decline in coming years as the economy recovers. Note that "unemployment insurance" and "unemployment compensation" are used interchangeably in referring to the system. This...
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Briefing Paper #392 Introduction and executive summary The Great Recession and its aftermath created severe challenges for unemployment insurance (UI) programs in the United States and for jobless workers relying upon them. In this briefing paper, we show that state UI programs are failing their critical goals of income replacement and supporting economic growth. The proportion of jobless workers receiving benefits from state programs, referred to as the UI recipiency rate, fell to 23.1 percent in December 2014—below the pre-Great Recession record low of 25.0 percent in September 1984. Due to the expiration of federal emergency unemployment benefits at the end of 2013, jobless individuals...
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Congress allowed emergency unemployment insurance to expire on December 28, 2013, leaving 1.3 million Americans without a vital economic lifeline. The U.S. Senate is now considering extending these benefits for another three months. Failing to do so would be unprecedented in the history of federal responses to high unemployment following economic recessions. Congress has offered extended emergency unemployment benefits in every major recession since the 1950s, and it has never failed to extend benefits when facing a long-term unemployment crisis as severe as the current one. Today, the percentage of unemployed workers who have been out of work long term, the length of time a typical worker...
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Unemployment insurance (UI) is the most common public income support program for the unemployed in developed countries. In these countries, it typically offers good protection: it covers the majority of employed persons, irrespective of occupation or industry, and provides adequate smoothening of consumption patterns. In the early 1990s, transition countries also introduced UI programs, and their use in developing countries is on the rise as well. The incidence of unemployment benefit programs is strongly related to the level of development (see Vodopivec 2004 ). But prompted by increased exposure to foreign markets and fearing future global crises, more and more developing countries (...
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What help is available? There is a variety of benefit and assistance programs to help you if you lose your job. CareerOneStop.org is a good place to start to get help with unemployment insurance benefits, job training, and finding a job. Unemployment Insurance Am I eligible? Unemployment insurance programs pay money to workers who become unemployed through no fault of their own. You must meet certain eligibility requirements as determined by your state. How do I apply? Each state operates its own unemployment insurance program. Select your state from this map to find out how to apply. Many states require you to file for unemployment benefits online, and some provide toll-free numbers or...
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Each year unemployment insurance provides support for millions of people out of work, and it is an important source of security to millions more who are employed. But it is a program that continues to operate along the lines originally established for it during America’s worst depression. The economy has changed dramatically in the past 40 years, but the program has not been brought up to date. The result is that such insurance now increases the rate of unemployment, causing a substantial waste of our nation’s manpower and creating constant pressure for an inflationary macroeconomic policy. Although the side effects of unemployment insurance are widely recognized, even the experts generally...
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