Category: unemployment

Biden Strikes Deal With Senate Democrats on Stimulus Check Thresholds, Unemployment Boost

President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats reached a deal on key provisions of the COVID-19 relief bill on March 3 that will see the pandemic unemployment benefit top-up stay at $400 through August, while eligibility thresholds for the $1,400 direct payments to American families will be tighter. White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked…


Biden, Senate Democrats Strike Deal on Stimulus Check Thresholds, Unemployment Boost

President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats reached a deal on key provisions of the COVID-19 relief bill on March 3 that will see the pandemic unemployment benefit top-up stay at $400 through August, while eligibility thresholds for the $1,400 direct payments to U.S. families will be tighter. White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked…


US Jobless Claims Tick up to 745,000 as Layoffs Remain High

WASHINGTON—The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits edged higher last week to 745,000, a sign that many employers continue to cut jobs despite a drop in confirmed viral infections and evidence that the overall economy is improving. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims rose by 9,000 from the previous week….


Divorce Not The Answer To COVID-19 Lockdown Stress, Despite Mainstream Media Narrative: Kimberly Holmes

The global CCP virus pandemic has seen sweeping lockdown restrictions put in place across the world, leaving millions forced to work from home. As a result, relationships and marriages have been put under immense pressure and divorce rates have soared due to unemployment, financial strains, illness, homeschooling children, and more. According to an April 25, 2020…


Laid-Off Worker Launches Coffee Roasting Company in Orange County

TRABUCO CANYON, Calif.—At the start of 2020, Azerone Perkins was looking forward to his best year ever. He’d just been given a company car to use, along with a hefty performance-based raise, by a Southern California company that provided cold-brew coffee to tech companies and theme parks. Business was booming, and the future looked bright…


Orange County Launches Mobile Computer Lab for Job Seekers 

Orange County is hitting the streets with an initiative it hopes will more easily connect unemployed residents with jobs. The one-stop mobile unit, which debuted in Seal Beach Feb. 9, trains and educates job seekers in Orange County, servicing youth, adults, dislocated workers, and businesses. The Orange County Board of Supervisors partnered with the Orange County Development Board…


US to Return to Full Employment Next Year if Congress Passes $1.9 Trillion Relief Bill: Yellen

The United States will return to full employment in 2022 if President Joe Biden’s relief package is passed, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen predicted Sunday. “I would expect that, if this package is passed, that we would get back to full employment next year,” Yellen said. Full employment refers to an economy in which the unemployment…


Yellen Says US Could Return to Full Employment Next Year if Congress Passes $1.9 Trillion Relief Bill

The United States could return to full employment in 2022 if Congress approves President Joe Biden’s relief package, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen predicted on Feb. 7. “I would expect that, if this package is passed, that we would get back to full employment next year,” Yellen said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Full employment…


California Legislators Request Help for EDD Fraud Victims

California legislators warn many unsuspecting state residents will be further burdened by fraudulent unemployment claims if Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn’t intervene with continued mismanagement at the state’s Employment Development Department (EDD). The EDD has already paid $10.4 billion in benefits to claimants whose identities haven’t been verified, according to a Jan. 28 report from the…


Under Biden, Green Job Lies Flow Instead of Oil, Unemployment Soon to Be the Only Gusher

Commentary Even as they are putting people in coal, gas, and oil fields out of work, President Joe Biden and his climate policy team keep telling lies about how their policies will create enough good-paying green energy jobs for the newly unemployed. For instance, at a Jan. 27 press conference held to announce multiple executive…