319pm, At 603pm (2 hrs, 44 minutes) A rep picked up!!!1 YEAH :) All claims have to be restarted via a phone call, at this time the system is not catching them all. She had to enter all past weeks (6-26, 7-03, 7/10, 7/17) by hand on her ...end. Hopefully the week we are in will show up on my UE site when I login on Sunday to file this weeks claim.
If you are planning on calling, Make sure you have ALL of the addresses for the 2 employers for each week of the past weeks that need to be filed. Must have the complete address (Street, City, Zip)
A lot of the online apps I have seen and done only show the City, State and Zip. You will need to make sure you find via phonebook or internet the complete full address. The phone are open till 7pm om Monday thru Friday and they AUTOMATICALLY shut off at 7pm... regardless if you are done with you call!!
Total call time once a rep picked up??? 31 minutes on the phone call
Happy 4th of July 2010 !!
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010 - OH/ UE Webiste posting!
https://unemployment.ohio.gov/
Friday, July 23, 2010
On July 22, 2010, President Obama signed legislation that extends the deadlines for the federally funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program and federal funding for State Extended Benefits. As a result, claimants who recently exhausted their benefits may be able to restart their claims.
Claimants should continue to file for benefits, which will be retroactive to the former program deadlines of May/June, 2010 by calling 1-866-962-4064 toll-free between 7:00 AM. and 7:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM on Saturday. Because of the late passage of this extension, claimants may notice a delay in the posting of funds to their accounts.
The new legislation extends the deadlines as follows:
EUC, or federal extended benefits. The legislation extends deadlines for this program from May 29, 2010 to November 27, 2010. Eligible individuals may continue to collect benefits until April 30, 2011. This program continues to offer a maximum of 53 weeks of extended unemployment benefits. The new legislation did not add any more weeks of benefits.
For further information, please see UC Federal Extended Benefits FAQs.
The 100 percent federal funding for State Extended Benefits. The legislation extends deadlines for federal funding of State Extended Benefits – known as “Ohio EB” or “Ohio Extended Benefits” – from June 5, 2010 to December 4, 2010. This program continues to offer a maximum of 20 weeks of extended unemployment benefits. The new legislation did not add any more weeks of benefits.
For further information, please see UC State Extended Benefits FAQs.
NOTE: The new legislation did not extend the deadline for the Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) program. The FAC program allows states to pay an additional $25 for each week that an individual receives unemployment benefits. Only individuals who established regular unemployment claims prior to May 29, 2010, may receive the additional $25 payment through the week ending December 4, 2010. For further information, please see UC Changes Due to Stimulus Package.
Friday, July 23, 2010
On July 22, 2010, President Obama signed legislation that extends the deadlines for the federally funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program and federal funding for State Extended Benefits. As a result, claimants who recently exhausted their benefits may be able to restart their claims.
Claimants should continue to file for benefits, which will be retroactive to the former program deadlines of May/June, 2010 by calling 1-866-962-4064 toll-free between 7:00 AM. and 7:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM on Saturday. Because of the late passage of this extension, claimants may notice a delay in the posting of funds to their accounts.
The new legislation extends the deadlines as follows:
EUC, or federal extended benefits. The legislation extends deadlines for this program from May 29, 2010 to November 27, 2010. Eligible individuals may continue to collect benefits until April 30, 2011. This program continues to offer a maximum of 53 weeks of extended unemployment benefits. The new legislation did not add any more weeks of benefits.
For further information, please see UC Federal Extended Benefits FAQs.
The 100 percent federal funding for State Extended Benefits. The legislation extends deadlines for federal funding of State Extended Benefits – known as “Ohio EB” or “Ohio Extended Benefits” – from June 5, 2010 to December 4, 2010. This program continues to offer a maximum of 20 weeks of extended unemployment benefits. The new legislation did not add any more weeks of benefits.
For further information, please see UC State Extended Benefits FAQs.
NOTE: The new legislation did not extend the deadline for the Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) program. The FAC program allows states to pay an additional $25 for each week that an individual receives unemployment benefits. Only individuals who established regular unemployment claims prior to May 29, 2010, may receive the additional $25 payment through the week ending December 4, 2010. For further information, please see UC Changes Due to Stimulus Package.
Updated PDF Files (7-23-10) from the State of Ohio UE Website
I received the pre-recorded message from the UE office this afternoon... States to call 1-866-962-4064 to re-start your claim.... I called at 319pm, it's now 430pm and still on hold waiting for a rep to pick up... They are going to be VERY busy over the next week! Be patient and NICE when you get to a Rep!! It is not an easy job on their end either :_)
{This is the ## for the State of Ohio UE}
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Federal UE ext. info
http://jfs.ohio.gov/ocomm_root/Ext-Benefits-FAQ-2008REV.pdf
26 weeks of original UE and addt 53 weeks of Federal ext = 79 weeks, then 20 weeks of Ohio ext = 99 weeks total. Only those states with high UE rate were given the addt 20 weeks by state which will bring one to 99 total weeks of UE pymts. Hope this helps :)
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State of Ohio ext. Info
http://jfs.ohio.gov/ocomm_root/StateEB_FAQ_Final.pdf
20 weeks of Ohio ext benefits - after one is done will all 4 federal tiers
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UE -FAC Addt. $25 / week info
http://jfs.ohio.gov/ocomm_root/ChangestoUCFAQs.pdf
Addt $25 / week on top of the regular Federal or State UE pymts is continuing too.
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Unemployment Info Update from their website
Friday, June 25, 2010On Thursday, June 24, legislation that would have extended eligibility deadlines for extended unemployment compensation benefits did not pass in the Senate. It is now unclear if claimants who exhaust their regular unemployment compensation will, at some point in the future, be eligible for extended benefits. Without the federal extension, claimants who exhaust their current tier of Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) will not be eligible for the next tier. Additionally, the federally funded State Extended Benefits (Ohio EB) and the $25 supplement of Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) may not be reinstated. |
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Ohio - Unemployment Website Update 4-16-10
Click here: JFS - Ohio Unemployment Benefits Online
Friday, April 16, 2010
Early on April 15, 2010, President Obama signed legislation that will extend deadlines for the federally funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program – and the Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) program and federal funding for State Extended Benefits – by two months. As a result, claimants who exhausted their benefits last week may be able to restart their claims.
Claimants should continue to file for benefits, which will be retroactive to the former program deadline of April 3, 2010. Because of the late passage of this extension, claimants may notice a slight delay in the posting of funds to their accounts.
The new legislation extends the deadlines for the following programs:
EUC, or federal extended benefits. The legislation extends deadlines for this program from April 3, 2010, to May 29, 2010. Individuals with a remaining balance of EUC benefits after May 29 may continue to collect benefits until November 6, 2010.
For further information, please see UC Federal Extended Benefits FAQs.
Federal Additional Compensation, or FAC. The FAC program allows states to pay an additional $25 for each week that an individual receives unemployment benefits. The legislation extends FAC deadlines from April 3, 2010 to May 29, 2010. Individuals who establish regular unemployment claims prior to May 29, 2010, may receive the additional $25 payment through the week ending December 4, 2010.
For further information, please see UC Changes Due to Stimulus Package.
The 100 percent federal funding for State Extended Benefits. The legislation extends deadlines for federal funding of State Extended Benefits – known as “Ohio EB” or “Ohio Extended Benefits” – from April 10, 2010 to June 5, 2010. In order to receive these benefits, claimants must establish eligibility by May 9, 2010.
For further information, please see UC State Extended Benefits FAQs.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Early on April 15, 2010, President Obama signed legislation that will extend deadlines for the federally funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program – and the Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) program and federal funding for State Extended Benefits – by two months. As a result, claimants who exhausted their benefits last week may be able to restart their claims.
Claimants should continue to file for benefits, which will be retroactive to the former program deadline of April 3, 2010. Because of the late passage of this extension, claimants may notice a slight delay in the posting of funds to their accounts.
The new legislation extends the deadlines for the following programs:
For further information, please see UC Federal Extended Benefits FAQs.
For further information, please see UC Changes Due to Stimulus Package.
For further information, please see UC State Extended Benefits FAQs.
Obama Signs $18B Jobless Benefits Bill
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Obama Signs $18B Jobless Benefits Bill
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UPDATE: Just hours after Congress passed an $18 billion bill to restore unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed, President Barack Obama made it the law of the land.
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WASHINGTON—Just hours after Congress passed an $18 billion bill to restore unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed, President Barack Obama made it the law of the land.
The measure comes as welcome relief to hundreds of thousands of people who lost out on the additional weeks of compensation after exhausting their state-paid benefits. They now will be able to reapply for long-term unemployment benefits and receive those checks retroactively under the legislation.
The bill also restores full Medicare payments to doctors who were threatened by a 21 percent cut and refloats the flood insurance program.
Obama signed the bill when he returned to the White House on Thursday night from fundraisers in Miami and a speech earlier in the day at Cape Canaveral, presidential spokesman Bill Burton said.
Obama thanked Congress for passing the temporary extension, saying it was critical to help struggling families make ends meet.
“Millions of Americans who lost their jobs in this economic crisis depend on unemployment and health insurance benefits to get by as they look for work and get themselves back on their feet,“ Obama said in a statement. “But as I requested in my budget, I urge Congress to move quickly to extend these benefits through the end of this year.“
The legislation cleared both houses of Congress on Thursday night. The House passed the bill 289-112 just two hours after it emerged from the Senate on a 59-38 vote that capped an unusually partisan debate. Republicans largely chose to take a stand against the legislation for adding to the $12.8 trillion national despite backing it by wide margins in December and again recently.
“It increases the deficit by $18 billion, a cost to be paid for by future generations,“ said Rep. Jerry Moran, R-Kan. “This legislation is yet another unfortunate example of business as usual in our nation’s capital.“
Several other popular programs had also expired, including federal flood insurance, higher Medicare payment rates for doctors and generous health insurance subsidies for people who have lost their jobs.
The situation became more urgent Thursday afternoon when Medicare announced that it would start paying doctors’ claims at a 21 percent lower rate. That won’t be necessary now.
Thursday’s measure provides up to 99 weekly unemployment checks averaging $335 to people whose 26 weeks of state-paid benefits have run out. It’s a temporary extension through June 2 that gives House and Senate Democrats time to iron out a measure to fund the program through the end of the year.
Fewer than 1 in 3 House Republicans voted for the measure. Just three Senate Republicans did. The sole Democrat to oppose it was longtime budget hawk Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee.
The bill also extends a program created under last year’s economic stimulus bill that gives unemployed people a 65 percent subsidy on health care premiums under the so-called COBRA program.
On successive votes earlier in the day, Democrats narrowly turned back two amendments by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., that would have paid for the measure over time by cutting spending and raising almost $10 billion in revenues with a variety of Democratic-backed ideas to tighten the tax code. One of Coburn’s amendments was killed by a 50-48 vote.
The topic of providing additional weeks of jobless benefits in the midst of bad times had been regarded as routine. But with conservative voters and tea party activists up in arms about the deficit, conservative Senate Republicans upset about the deficit have twice caused interruptions of jobless benefits and other programs.
In February, Jim Bunning, R-Ky., single-handedly blocked an extension of unemployment benefits in an unsuccessful bid to force Democrats to pay for them. The measure passed on a 78-19 vote after Republicans were smacked by a public relations backlash.
But many Republicans believe it was a stand worth taking, including Coburn, who blocked a vote last month on another short-term extension.
By the time Senators returned from a two-week recess on Monday, only four Republicans - Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, Scott Brown of Massachusetts and George Voinovich of Ohio - voted with Democrats to defeat a GOP filibuster of the bill. Only Voinovich, Collins and Snowe voted for the bill on Thursday.
Democrats said it was the wrong topic for Republicans to take a stand on the deficit after voting for tax cuts, wars and a new Medicare drug benefit without paying for them.
“They seem to have discovered fiscal responsibility when it comes time to extend unemployment benefits but not when it came to paying for tax cuts for the rich and the Iraq war,“ said Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich.
Twenty-one Senate Republicans voted for the earlier extension last month and House GOP leaders opted against even forcing a vote. But Thursday’s vote came after senators spent two weeks among their constituents - and as thousands of tea party activists came to Washington to protest on deadline day for filing taxes.
“I think people spent two weeks out listening to people about spending and debt,“ Coburn said.
The House has twice this year approved short-term extensions of jobless benefits and other expired programs.
The various programs in the longer-term legislation represent much of the Democrats’ remaining agenda on job creation. One of the reasons the short-term legislation was needed is that House and Senate Democrats are having difficulty resolving their differences on how to pay for a package of expired tax breaks for individuals and businesses.
Other elements of the jobs agenda such as cash to build roads and schools and help local governments keep teachers on the payroll, remain on the shelf for a lack of money to pay for them.
Democrats said deficit-financed jobless benefits not only needed to help people unable to find work but that they are one of the most effective ways to pump up the still-struggling economy.
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Senate Approves Jobless Aid, Road Funding 3-02-2010
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Senate Approves Jobless Aid, Road Funding
The 78-19 vote came after a GOP senator who was single-handedly holding up the legislation finally relented under withering assaults by Democrats and dwindling support within his own party.
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday passed a $10 billion measure to maintain unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless and provide stopgap funding for highway programs after a holdout Republican dropped stalling tactics that had generated a Washington firestorm.
Kentucky Republican Jim Bunning had been holding up action for days but conceded after pressure intensified with Monday's cutoff of road funding and extended unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the jobless.
Bunning wanted to force Democrats to find ways to finance the bill so that it wouldn't add to the deficit, but his move sparked a political tempest that subjected Republicans to withering media coverage and cost the party politically. Bunning's support among Republicans was dwindling, while Democrats used to being on the defensive over health care and the deficit seemed to relish the battle.
The bill passed by a 78-19 vote. It passed the House last week and President Barack Obama is likely sign the bill into law quickly so that 2,000 furloughed Transportation Department workers can go back to work on Wednesday.
Doctors faced the prospect of a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments, and federal flood insurance programs had lapsed with Monday's expiration of an earlier stopgap bill that passed late last year.
Tuesday's action will provide a month long extension of the expired programs to give Congress time to pass a yearlong -- and far more costly -- fix that's also pending.
Without the legislation, about 200,000 jobless people would have lost federal benefits this week alone, according to the liberal-leaning National Employment Law Project. Jobless people normally get 26 weeks of unemployment benefits and 20 more weeks in states with higher unemployment rates. The legislation extends several additional layers of benefits added since 2008 because of the stubborn recession.
Earlier on Tuesday, Bunning objected to a request by Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a fellow Republican, to pass a 30-day extension of jobless benefits and other expired measures.
When asked Tuesday if Bunning was hurting the Republican Party, Collins said, "He's hurting the American people."
Other Republicans were more diplomatic in their assessments of Bunning, who has a stubborn and often irascible personality. Bunning is reluctantly retiring at the end of the current term and enjoys a tense relationship with homestate colleague and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who privately urged Bunning to step aside.
Bunning had blocked the stopgap legislation since Thursday, insisting that Democrats find offsetting revenues or spending cuts to finance the bill. Instead, he settled for a vote to close a tax loophole enjoyed by paper companies that get a credit from burning "black liquor," a pulp-making byproduct, as if it were an alternative fuel. The amendment failed.
Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, said that Bunning was accepting an offer that he had rejected for days.
"As a result ... unemployment benefits were cut off for thousands of people across America, assistance for health care was cut off across America, thousands of federal employees were furloughed," Durbin said.
Democrats had promised to force Bunning to repeatedly lodge objections to bringing the bill to a vote. Otherwise it could take almost a week to slog through the procedural steps required to take up the measure and defeat Bunning's filibuster.
"Today we have a clear-cut example to show the American people just what's wrong with Washington, D.C.," Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said. "That is because today one single Republican senator is standing in the way of the unemployment benefits of 400,000 Americans."
Democrats promised to retroactively restore unemployment benefits and health care subsidies for the unemployed under the COBRA program. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood ordered furloughed employees back to work Wednesday.
The impasse had led to political gains for Democrats attacking Bunning and his fellow Republicans. Major cable news networks carried Tuesday morning's proceedings live and returned to the topic frequently.
Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has called up a $100-billion-plus measure to provide a longer-term extension of unemployment benefits that would last through the end of the year, along with a full-year extension of higher Medicare payments to doctors, help for states with their Medicaid budgets and a continuing a variety of expired tax breaks for individuals and businesses.
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Senate Approves Jobless Aid, Road Funding
The 78-19 vote came after a GOP senator who was single-handedly holding up the legislation finally relented under withering assaults by Democrats and dwindling support within his own party.
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday passed a $10 billion measure to maintain unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless and provide stopgap funding for highway programs after a holdout Republican dropped stalling tactics that had generated a Washington firestorm.
Kentucky Republican Jim Bunning had been holding up action for days but conceded after pressure intensified with Monday's cutoff of road funding and extended unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the jobless.
Bunning wanted to force Democrats to find ways to finance the bill so that it wouldn't add to the deficit, but his move sparked a political tempest that subjected Republicans to withering media coverage and cost the party politically. Bunning's support among Republicans was dwindling, while Democrats used to being on the defensive over health care and the deficit seemed to relish the battle.
The bill passed by a 78-19 vote. It passed the House last week and President Barack Obama is likely sign the bill into law quickly so that 2,000 furloughed Transportation Department workers can go back to work on Wednesday.
Doctors faced the prospect of a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments, and federal flood insurance programs had lapsed with Monday's expiration of an earlier stopgap bill that passed late last year.
Tuesday's action will provide a month long extension of the expired programs to give Congress time to pass a yearlong -- and far more costly -- fix that's also pending.
Without the legislation, about 200,000 jobless people would have lost federal benefits this week alone, according to the liberal-leaning National Employment Law Project. Jobless people normally get 26 weeks of unemployment benefits and 20 more weeks in states with higher unemployment rates. The legislation extends several additional layers of benefits added since 2008 because of the stubborn recession.
Earlier on Tuesday, Bunning objected to a request by Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a fellow Republican, to pass a 30-day extension of jobless benefits and other expired measures.
When asked Tuesday if Bunning was hurting the Republican Party, Collins said, "He's hurting the American people."
Other Republicans were more diplomatic in their assessments of Bunning, who has a stubborn and often irascible personality. Bunning is reluctantly retiring at the end of the current term and enjoys a tense relationship with homestate colleague and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who privately urged Bunning to step aside.
Bunning had blocked the stopgap legislation since Thursday, insisting that Democrats find offsetting revenues or spending cuts to finance the bill. Instead, he settled for a vote to close a tax loophole enjoyed by paper companies that get a credit from burning "black liquor," a pulp-making byproduct, as if it were an alternative fuel. The amendment failed.
Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, said that Bunning was accepting an offer that he had rejected for days.
"As a result ... unemployment benefits were cut off for thousands of people across America, assistance for health care was cut off across America, thousands of federal employees were furloughed," Durbin said.
Democrats had promised to force Bunning to repeatedly lodge objections to bringing the bill to a vote. Otherwise it could take almost a week to slog through the procedural steps required to take up the measure and defeat Bunning's filibuster.
"Today we have a clear-cut example to show the American people just what's wrong with Washington, D.C.," Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said. "That is because today one single Republican senator is standing in the way of the unemployment benefits of 400,000 Americans."
Democrats promised to retroactively restore unemployment benefits and health care subsidies for the unemployed under the COBRA program. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood ordered furloughed employees back to work Wednesday.
The impasse had led to political gains for Democrats attacking Bunning and his fellow Republicans. Major cable news networks carried Tuesday morning's proceedings live and returned to the topic frequently.
Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has called up a $100-billion-plus measure to provide a longer-term extension of unemployment benefits that would last through the end of the year, along with a full-year extension of higher Medicare payments to doctors, help for states with their Medicaid budgets and a continuing a variety of expired tax breaks for individuals and businesses.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Check out More quit job hunt until hiring grows
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Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:33 AM
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Chef trainee Kelley Bryan enjoys a joke by instructor Tony Hedger in Ladue, Mo. After having no luck finding clerical work, Bryan, 46, changed careers.
Many jobless people have reached a conclusion that captures the depth of the unemployment crisis: Looking for a job is a waste of time.
The economy is growing, yet it's creating few jobs. That's why in the past eight months, 1.8 million people without jobs left the labor market. Many had grown so frustrated that they quit looking for work.
And it's why Barbara Bishop sat at her kitchen table in suburban Atlanta last month and joined their ranks. Her decision came seven months after she quit a public-relations job that seemed about to be axed. Sending out resumes got her nowhere. So Bishop made a list of her skills and decided to launch a business.
"I don't want to look anymore," she said of the job hunt. "It's become very discouraging."
The unemployment rate is 9.7 percent. But so many jobless people have quit looking that if they're combined with the part-time workers who would prefer to work full time, the so-called "underemployment" rate is 16.5 percent.
Their outsize numbers show that even though the economy is growing, the job market is stagnant. Employers remain reluctant to hire.
The exodus from the job market halted in January, when a net total of 111,000 people re-entered. But 661,000 had left in December. And the trend since spring has been people leaving the work force.
"It's very unusual," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com. "At this point in the business cycle, we should be seeing some sort of labor-force growth. Layoffs have abated, but there really has been no pickup in hiring."
Some of the jobless are concluding it's more practical to return to school, start a business or care for their kids at home until the job market improves.
Kelley Bryan hopes to re-enter the job market next year, retrained for a new career. She was laid off a year ago after more than 20 years as a secretary.
Bryan spent three frustrating months looking for a similar job near her suburban St. Louis home. Last spring, she decided to return to school. She obtained a federal Pell Grant and enrolled at the L'Ecole Culinaire chef-training school.
At 46, Bryan was surprised to find herself learning to make soup stocks and creme brulee with former autoworkers and other 40-somethings. They, too, are changing careers after losing jobs.
For many, the struggle might not end once the job market improves. As more people re-enter the work force, competition will tighten, Zandi said.
"Even if the job market gains some traction this year, unemployment is going to rise," he said.
Check out Work Like Your Nail Color, Even if It's Nude
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Filed under: Career Advice, Office Attire, Make an Impression, Just for Fun, Employment News & Trends
Posted Feb 22nd 2010 4:46PM
By Lisa Johnson Mandell
Freshly graduated from Virginia with a degree in engineering, Foley took an $8 an hour customer service rep job, "just to pay the bills." That was with the then-unknown AOL, and she moved up, up, up with the company, eventually heading up corporate training, then getting out of the company back when the getting was good.
Since then she's earned a master's degree in organization development from Pepperdine University and authored two books, including Bodacious! Woman: Outrageously in Charge of Your Life and Lovin' It, and Live Like Your Nail Color. She currently is the co-host of the fabulously friendly "Girlfriend We Gotta Talk" radio show, which is broadcast live in Richmond, VA, and can be found online at GirlfriendWeGottaTalk.com
For AOL DimeCrunch, Mary applied her colorful concepts to the working world:
What does your favorite nail color – or naked nails – reveal about you?
Your fingers (or toes) are really mini-indicators into your personality!
- If you usually have a French manicure, you are one classy, sophisticated and incredibly practical gal. Your nails are neatly manicured, without going to extremes, and the look goes with every outfit.
- Are you wearing mocha or a shade of brown? These earth tones mean you're a woman who is grounded, approachable and someone we can share our deepest thoughts with.
- How about pink? Pink is the quintessential girlie color, and one of the most popular colors for nails. If you choose a light to medium pink, you are friendly, happy and lighthearted. For those who prefer the wilder side of pink – aka, the hot pink and fuchsia tones – then you are known to be on the talkative, fun, and exciting side.
- Wild about red? Considered to be the wildest nail color of all, women who love red nails are usually leading the "Passionate About Life Parade" with their energy, enthusiasm, and confidence.
- And if your nails are naked? According to a recent survey, only about 35 percent of women paint both their fingers and toes, which means most women paint only one or the other, the most popular being their toes. There are a lot of reasons why women don't paint their nails; but one thing is true: having naked nails means you're willing to be your true, authentic self and show it to the world.
What does your nail color say about your career?
Because fingernails are always visible, they communicate more about your career than do toenails. Sixty-one percent of women surveyed have naked fingernails. It's considered by many that well-manicured naked nails are the mark of a confident, modern woman. However, naked does not mean neglected! Far too many women in business have ragged, bitten, unkempt nails that can communicate to co-workers or a potential employer nervousness, incompetence, and lack of confidence.
Then there are the gals who take the time to color their fingernails. Gals who wear a French manicure or mild nail color usually like their career and feel comfortable with how it's going. They literally look and feel polished! Gals who sport a brighter nail color are usually excited about their career and have found a personal sweet spot of success. Their confidence is high and they are willing to take more career risks because of it!
More Telling Features:
You've said that becoming more comfortable with job change is "just a nail color away." How so?
Especially in today's nail-biting, roller coaster times, many women are gripped by fear. Questions such as 'What is going happen?', 'What will I do?', 'Will I be OK?' paralyze our hearts and minds. Stop biting your nails and give them a paint job! And when you do, use the following two rules for picking a polish to help you take the fear out of change, one nail color at a time.
- Rule No. 1: Always Pick a Different Nail Color: Don't reach for your favorite color. That's too safe and it's too easy to get stuck in a rut. You can make a slight color change or really go for it. For example, if you usually wear a French manicure, how about going fora light pink the next time? Or, perhaps a hot pink! You could really avoid the rut and go with a bright red or sparkling blue. If you love the new color, fabulous! If you can't stand it, take it off! Either way you took a risk and you lived through it. Trying on new nail colors is a warm-up for trying on bigger changes in your life.
- Rule No. 2: Always Make Sure Your Nail Color Has an Inspiring Name: There are so many great nail color names today that there's just no excuse for a name that's boring or that you don't love. The name of your nail color should make you laugh or inspire you. When you glance at your fingernails with Make Mamma Happy or know that your toes are poking out from your sandals with Wine Not, your nail color name is egging you on to crack a smile. A nail color name like Networking Queen can inspire you to keep meeting new people who may help you with your job search.
What do you do when you love the nail polish color, but the name is booooring? Make up a new one! It's only a sticker, for goodness sake. In fact, change it several times if you want. Always remember, these are your nails and this is your experience. Be in the driver's seat and enjoy the ride.
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Lisa Johnson Mandell is an award-winning multi-media journalist and author of Career Comeback--Repackage Yourself to Get the Job You Want. Learn more on LisaJohnsonMandell.com.
Check out 211 is the Loneliest Number When Waiting for a Job
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the Loneliest Number When Waiting for a Job
Filed under: Employment News & Trends, Unemployment News
Posted Feb 18th 2010 2:47PM
By Lisa Johnson Mandell
But don't despair! Instead, let that desolate number inspire you to get cracking ASAP, just as soon as the door closes behind you at your former place of employment. Don't wait for unemployment benefits to kick in -- you know they're only a fraction of what you were making before anyway. Prove that you can almost singlehandedly bring that ugly 211 number down, way down, by hitting the job-search ground running. All the best employment experts advise this.
The Best Time to Start Looking for a New Job
John Challenger, CEO of Challenger Gray & Christmas, a company that is hired to help employees adjust and find new positions after they've been released from a job, says one of the biggest mistakes people make when they get laid off is not starting their new job search fast enough. "Many people spend too much time trying to figure out what they want to do, and give up the time when they're most valuable to employers," he says. Challenger says that there are employers out there who are looking to snap up top employees as soon as they become available; but after a certain amount of time, they start wondering, "Why hasn't anyone else hired this person yet?"
So contrary to what you might think and feel, it's not a good idea to use your severance pay to take a long break and try to find yourself, or to finally write that novel. Many people reason that the job situation appears to be getting better, with unemployment down from 10 percent to 9.7 percent last month, and that the longer they wait, the better chance they'll have of finding a job.
Not so, my friend. According to some estimates, 11.5 million U.S. citizens are collecting some type of unemployment insurance right now, and it will run out for 1.2 million of them in March, when federal extensions are scheduled to expire. Time -- for them -- is literally running out. There's a chance that Congress could extend unemployment benefits, but who wants to sit around and wait for that to happen?
Don't Let the Screen Door Hit You
You should start revising your résumé and searching online job boards as soon as you get home with your pink slip. Don't allow yourself the luxury of getting depressed and lethargic. Many people register with a temp agency in their field, so they can fill in when someone is sick, make contacts, and get to know different sides of their industry. For teachers, this means signing up to substitute and/or with tutoring agencies. [See Temp Agency Reviews.]
For me personally, it meant signing on with entertainment temp agencies. Sure, it involved a lot of go-fering and Xeroxing and coffee running -- all chores I considered beneath my 42-year-old, college-educated self. But I didn't even have the luxury of severance pay or unemployment benefits, and when I finally landed my dream job as a Hollywood magazine teacherseditor, the insider contacts I'd made temping at studios and agencies came in very handy. And I was only out of a full-time job for six weeks. I didn't have time to lose my work momentum, get out of 9-5 shape, or get behind on my mortgage payments.
Don't let that long, 211-day wait get you down. Look at it as a challenge. Laugh in its face. The job market loves the proactive, and leaves those who wait in the dust.
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Lisa Johnson Mandell is an award-winning multi-media journalist and author of Career Comeback--Repackage Yourself to Get the Job You Want. Learn more on LisaJohnsonMandell.com.
Check out Sears to Close Several Sears and Kmart Stores This Spring
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Posted 1:45 PM 02/22/10 Company News, JC Penney, Sears Holdings Corp., Wal-Mart Stores, Target Corp., Retail
Sears Holdings (SHLD) plans to close eight Sears stores and 13 Kmart stores in April and May, laying off hundreds of employees in the process.
Kimberly Freely, a spokeswoman for Sears Holdings, says the affected stores are located across the country and employ about 60 employees each. Many of the closings involve lease renewals, "but obviously performance is a factor," she says. "This is the normal course of business," Freely says. "We always evaluate our store portfolio."
Both Sears and Kmart are getting squeezed by aggressive competition during a time when shoppers are reluctant to open their wallets. Sears is up against two strong midprice department store rivals, JC Penney (JCP) and Kohl's (KSS), while Kmart is fighting off Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) and Target (TGT). Among the planned closings are four Sears Essentials stores, which had been the company's attempt to expand into big-box retail.
Department stores across the board have suffered during the recession, but Sears has felt more pain than most. If comments on this site are any indication, shoppers just don't seem to like the store experience. Sears has been trying to improve that experience, adding toy departments and redesigning the beauty departments with new displays and exclusive merchandise. Nevertheless, Sears same-store sales (sales among stores that have been open at least a year) were down 4.8% during the all-important holiday shopping period. Kmart fared better, netting a 5.3% increase in same-store sales over the holidays.
Getting Creative With In-House Brands
Despite slowing sales, Sears and Kmart still have a number of brands that are popular with shoppers. Parent company Sears Holdings has been trying to find new ways to capitalize on those brands, making deals to carry them outside its own stores. Over the past month, it has announced deals to franchise its Sears Auto Centers, license the Diehard name for a line of battery accessories to be sold at stores nationwide, and sell Craftsman tools at Ace Hardware stores beginning in May.
In January, the company provided a glimmer of hope when it raised its profit forecast for the year due to the better-than-expected sales at Kmart. But for the full year, sales at Sears stores are still likely to be lower, while Kmart sales are expected to come in flat.
Sears Holdings will report its year-end results tomorrow, and management has forecast that it will show profits in the fourth quarter, after two straight quarters of losses. Management told investors earnings will come in between $3.36 and $4.06 per share for the fourth quarter and between $1.61 and $2.29 per share for the year. Analysts expect of $3.54 for the fourth quarter, up 20.4% from the year-ago period, according to Thomson Reuters.
Posted 1:45 PM 02/22/10 Company News, JC Penney, Sears Holdings Corp., Wal-Mart Stores, Target Corp., Retail
Sears Holdings (SHLD) plans to close eight Sears stores and 13 Kmart stores in April and May, laying off hundreds of employees in the process.
Kimberly Freely, a spokeswoman for Sears Holdings, says the affected stores are located across the country and employ about 60 employees each. Many of the closings involve lease renewals, "but obviously performance is a factor," she says. "This is the normal course of business," Freely says. "We always evaluate our store portfolio."
Both Sears and Kmart are getting squeezed by aggressive competition during a time when shoppers are reluctant to open their wallets. Sears is up against two strong midprice department store rivals, JC Penney (JCP) and Kohl's (KSS), while Kmart is fighting off Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) and Target (TGT). Among the planned closings are four Sears Essentials stores, which had been the company's attempt to expand into big-box retail.
Department stores across the board have suffered during the recession, but Sears has felt more pain than most. If comments on this site are any indication, shoppers just don't seem to like the store experience. Sears has been trying to improve that experience, adding toy departments and redesigning the beauty departments with new displays and exclusive merchandise. Nevertheless, Sears same-store sales (sales among stores that have been open at least a year) were down 4.8% during the all-important holiday shopping period. Kmart fared better, netting a 5.3% increase in same-store sales over the holidays.
Getting Creative With In-House Brands
Despite slowing sales, Sears and Kmart still have a number of brands that are popular with shoppers. Parent company Sears Holdings has been trying to find new ways to capitalize on those brands, making deals to carry them outside its own stores. Over the past month, it has announced deals to franchise its Sears Auto Centers, license the Diehard name for a line of battery accessories to be sold at stores nationwide, and sell Craftsman tools at Ace Hardware stores beginning in May.
In January, the company provided a glimmer of hope when it raised its profit forecast for the year due to the better-than-expected sales at Kmart. But for the full year, sales at Sears stores are still likely to be lower, while Kmart sales are expected to come in flat.
Sears Holdings will report its year-end results tomorrow, and management has forecast that it will show profits in the fourth quarter, after two straight quarters of losses. Management told investors earnings will come in between $3.36 and $4.06 per share for the fourth quarter and between $1.61 and $2.29 per share for the year. Analysts expect of $3.54 for the fourth quarter, up 20.4% from the year-ago period, according to Thomson Reuters.
Check out Congress Leaving Unemployment Benefits Extension To The Last Minute
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is paring back a jobs bill proposal unveiled earlier on Thursday by the Senate Finance Committee, dropping an extension of unemployment insurance and COBRA health insurance subsidies for laid-off workers. The Senate is taking a break next week, so that stuff will have to wait until the end of the month -- the last moment before the previous extension runs out.
"State agencies are going to start sending out letters next week letting people know that their benefits are going to expire," said Judy Conti, a lobbyist for the National Employment Law Project.
So, even though it's entirely likely that Congress will pass an extension before Feb. 28 -- barring another major blizzard -- some people will nevertheless receive letters telling them they're not eligible for the next "tier" of benefits.
Last year's stimulus bill provided up to 53 additional weeks of federally-funded unemployment benefits (broken into several tiers) and a 65 percent subsidy of COBRA health insurance. When those provisions expired at the end of December, Congress scrambled to extend them another three months. If they're allowed to expire at the end of the month, 1.2 million people will exhaust their unemployment benefits in March.
"I think it's disturbing because there are four tiers of emergency unemployment compensation benefits, and if you're on a given tier, you only have a few weeks if the program isn't extended... Individuals could look at running out of benefits in a week or several weeks," said Rich Hobbie, director of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies.
Aside from the anxiety the situation creates for the unemployed, Hobbie said it's a huge administrative burden for state agencies. Norm Isotalo, spokesman for the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency, said Congress's dithering does indeed make work for his office.
"February 28 is rapidly approaching and we still don't have any certainty if the ending date is going to be extended, so the agency is preparing to wind down the payments of extended federally-funded unemployment benefits," Isolato told HuffPost. "But on the other hand, we have to be ready to pull the plug on these wind-down efforts if Congress acts. It could be a lot of wind-down work that all may go for naught if Congress extends the deadline date for these programs. And of course we hope that they do."
Isotalo said that even if Congress interrupts his agency's wind-down work at the last second, unemployed Michiganders would not see an interruption of their unemployment checks.
NELP is frustrated that Congress insists on taking a piecemeal approach to extending the benefits (the extensions do not allow people to stay on unemployment insurance for longer than already provided by the stimulus bill -- they allow people who've been laid off more recently access to the same additional tiers of financial support given to people laid off last year). The piecemeal approach guarantees that every extension will happen at the last second.
"It will always be held victim to a blizzard, to partisan politics, a flood in the spring, elections in the fall," said Judy Conti of NELP, which would rather Congress extend benefits for a full year. "What's going on in Congress is an ever-changing game. The American people and communities surviving on these unemployment benefits can't be held victim to this process."
Check out Job losses cut off child support
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As the recession drags on, record numbers of Ohio parents can't afford their court-ordered child-support payments. The impact is astonishing: Statewide, child-support collections in January plunged 20 percent from the previous month, a drop of more than $27 million.
• Job loss pains one parent, who no longer can make support payments A4 • Unemployment toll may linger A5
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As the recession drags on, record numbers of Ohio parents can't afford their court-ordered child-support payments. The impact is astonishing: Statewide, child-support collections in January plunged 20 percent from the previous month, a drop of more than $27 million.
And state officials expect collections will sink even lower as unemployment benefits -- which many jobless parents now rely on to pay child support -- dry up.
In January, more than $13 million in child support statewide was withheld from unemployment checks.
"We're going to see collections plummet when unemployment benefits run out," said Susan Brown, director of the Franklin County Child Support Enforcement Agency.
"We could lose almost $1 million in payments a month," she added, referring to county statistics.
Without the financial support, Brown said, many children and their families will be forced to seek food stamps, welfare and other tax-funded services.
That could start happening soon. About 25,000 Ohioans will exhaust jobless benefits this week with thousands more falling off the rolls in coming weeks unless Congress approves another extension of federal jobless aid.
"It's a huge concern," said Jeff Aldridge, deputy director of the state office of child support. "If there is no further extension, those people will roll off unemployment and will have no money to make support payments."
Over the past year, continued job loss has caused a surge in the number of parents paying child support from an unemployment check instead of a paycheck.
In December, jobless benefits were used to pay more than $14 million in child support, a staggering 30 percent increase from the previous month.
It's a trend that is responsible in large part for the drop in collections overall, officials said.
When a noncustodial parent loses a job, he or she can petition to have the court-ordered support reduced.
A spike in requests for administrative reviews shows that many parents have done so.
In Franklin County, such requests jumped 40 percent in 2009 and reached an all-time monthly high of 345 in September. In December, the most-recent statistics available, 277 people sought to have their payments reduced.
"When parents lose their job, we ask them to come in and get a review and adjustment so they can get their child support lowered and don't build up arrearages," Brown said.
While child-support orders statewide grew by 16,000 last year, the total amount parents were ordered to pay dropped $3 million, an indication that parents are paying less.
Gary Harris, 28, of Hilliard, last week asked county officials to review his support orders. He's paid little or no support for his three children since he lost his job after being sidelined by a knee injury last spring.
"I just haven't been able to pay," Harris said. "I want to but, until I get another job, it's tough."
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• Job loss pains one parent, who no longer can make support payments A4 • Unemployment toll may linger A5
Check out GM will add 1,200 jobs at Lordstown
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GM will add 1,200 jobs at Lordstown
Return of overnight shift to support production of Cruze
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 1:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 01:56 PM
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General Motors will resume the overnight shift at its Lordstown assembly plant this summer, adding 1,200 jobs, the company said today.
Lordstown, located near Youngstown, will have a total of 4,500 workers, which is the plant's maximum capacity.
GM is making the move as it prepares to build the Chevrolet Cruze, a compact car, for the U.S. market. The Lordstown plant now produces the Chevrolet Cobalt, another compact car, and will be switching to the Cruze later this year.
Adding a third shift to build Cruze is an investment with impact far beyond General Motors, said Mark Reuss, president, GM North America, in a statement. "It's an investment in the long-term value of Lordstown and the prosperity of Ohio."
Gov. Ted Strickland joined GM executives to announce the move at the plant, before an audience of workers and union leaders.
"The chips were down but we never gave up," he said. "That grit and steely determination is why I love this valley and why I believe in Ohio."
It was barely nine months ago that GM filed for bankruptcy and announced a list of plant closings, including the metal-stamping plant near Mansfield. Lordstown survived that cut, but the plant was running below capacity, with only one shift.
"This plant is going to be here for a long time," said Ben Strickland, United Auto Workers shop chairman for the plant. "This is the future. This is the cornerstone of General Motors, and we are going to continue to drive it that way."
The Lordstown plant started in 1966 and it has produced about 14.3 million vehicles, almost all of them small cars such as the Chevrolet Vega and Cavalier.
"If GM, after many attempts, can build a competitive small car, then Lordstown is the key point player on that," said James Rubenstein, a Miami University professor who writes about the auto industry.
The Cruze will enter an increasingly competitive segment, including the Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic and Ford Focus.
GM has spent $500 million to develop the Cruze, including $350 million in Lordstown. The vehicle will be produced and sold worldwide, with Lordstown handling production for the U.S. market. The model has already gone on sale in some foreign markets.
Cruze is already a hit in Europe and Asia, and it is designed to challenge the status quo in America, said Jim Campbell, general manager of Chevrolet.
Check out Unemployment Extension - Extended Unemployment Benefits
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Unemployment Extension
Unemployment Extension
Extended Unemployment Benefits
By Alison Doyle, About.com Guide
Feb 26 2010
Unemployment Extension Legislation Update
February 25 Update: The House has voted to extend unemployment benefits and COBRA subsidies for 30 days. The bill passed on a voice vote today and was sent to the Senate,
The extension was not approved in the Senate. Republican Senator Jim Bunning, Kentucky blocked the extension saying that the $10 billion bill would add to the budget deficit. If a vote is needed to override his objections that probably will not happen until next week. The current extended unemployment benefits program will expire on February 28.
If an extension isn't passed, unemployed workers would continue getting 26 weeks of state unemployment benefits and would complete the tier of extended benefits they are on, but would not be eligible for additional extended benefits or to move to a new tier.
Here's information on what to do when your unemployment checks run out and where unemployed workers can get assistance when they are out or about to run out of benefits.
If you're out of work, please add your story to our collection:
February 23 Update: There are reports that the Senate is discussing proposals for a 30 day, 10 month, or a full year of extended unemployment benefits. This would continue the extended unemployment benefits program which will expire on February 28.
February 1 Update: The current unemployment extensions are set to expire on February 28. The Senate and House Jobs Bills may include an extension, but they have not been finalized. It's important to let your Senator know that continued extensions are critical. Here's how to contact the Senate (from the National Employment Law Project):
Contact the Senate
January 20 Update: The National Employment Law Project is urging Congress to continue the extended unemployment benefits program, including full federal funding of Extended Benefits, the $25 per week in Federal Additional Compensation, and the 65% 15-month COBRA subsidy through the end of 2010.
December 22 Update: President Obama has signed legislation extending unemployment benefits, including extended unemployment benefits and the COBRA subsidy, that were set to expire at the end of the year through February.
Eligiblity depends your tier of benefits plus state guidelines, so when the legislation is passed, check with your State Unemployment Office website for details on who qualifies and when and how benefits will be paid.
December 19 Update: The Senate has passed a two-month extension of unemployment benefits through February 28, 2010. The legislation, already approved by the House. continues the Extended Benefits Program, the Federal Additional Compensation (extra $25 per week) and the COBRA subsidy. President Obama is expected to sign the legislation.
December 18 Update: The House has passed a two-month extension of unemployment benefits through the end of February. The new legislation continues the Extended Benefits Program, the Federal Additional Compensation.
November 18 Update: There has been quite a bit of confusion about the new unemployment extension, which provides for additional weeks of benefits for workers who run out of unemployment by the end of the year. Part of the reason is that the new legislation changed the exisiting tiers of benefits. Here's clarification on the new unemployment extension.
November 6 Update: President Obama has signed the unemployment extension legislation. Check with your state unemployment office for details on when payments will start being made. The extension provides for 14 weeks of extended benefit coverage for every state and an additional 6 weeks, for a total of 20 weeks, in high unemployment states where unemployment is over 8.5%.
October 28 Update: The Senate is moving closer to voting to extend unemployment insurance. The Senate agreed on an 87-13 procedural vote. However, the legislation is being negotiated in the Senate and may not be voted on until next week.
The National Employment Law Project has clarified who would be covered by the extension:
If you have exhausted your full range of federally funded benefits before the passage of this bill, you WILL be eligible for these additional weeks... However, in another important aspect, the bill is NOT retroactive. You will not receive a lump sum payment dating back to the time when you exhausted benefits. The benefits will only be paid going forward.
State Extended Benefits
Extended Unemployment Benefits are available to workers who have exhausted regular unemployment insurance benefits during periods of high unemployment. There are triggers (calculations based on the state unemployment rate) that determine when a State will extend benefits.
The basic Extended Benefits program provides up to 13 additional weeks of benefits when a State is experiencing high unemployment. Some States have also enacted a voluntary program to pay up to 7 additional weeks (20 weeks maximum) of Extended Benefits during periods of extremely high unemployment.
Amount of Benefits
The weekly benefit amount of Extended Benefits is the same as the individual received for regular unemployment compensation. The total amount of Extended Benefits that an individual could receive may be fewer than 13 weeks or fewer than 20 weeks.
How to Collect Extended Benefits
When a State begins an Extended Benefit period, it notifies those who have received all of their regular benefits that they may be eligible for Extended Benefits. You may contact the State Unemployment Insurance agency to ask whether Extended Benefits are available.
Check with your State Unemployment Office for information on what benefits you are entitled to.
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Check out First-time jobless claims fall more than expected
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First-time jobless claims fall more than expected
Thursday, February 11, 2010 8:59 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week to the lowest total in a month as states cleared out administrative delays left over from the Christmas holidays.
The Labor Department said that first-time claims for unemployment insurance dropped by 43,000 to a seasonally adjusted 440,000. Wall Street economists expected a smaller decline of 15,000, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters.
A Labor Department analyst said the decline largely reflects the end of administrative backlogs in California and other states that had elevated claims in the previous three weeks.
The winter storms that have pounded the Mid-Atlantic took place after last week's claims were filed, the analyst said. If they have an effect, it won't be evident until next week's data.
The four-week average fell by 1,000 to 468,500, the first drop after three weeks of increases.
Claims are now close to the low levels they reached in late December, when claims dropped to their lowest point in nearly 18 months. That is likely to raise hopes that the job market is improving.
The number of people claiming benefits for more than a week, meanwhile fell by nearly 80,000 to 4.5 million. That was a steeper decline than expected.
Check out Target to Demote 8,000? Ouch!
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Target to Demote 8,000? Ouch!
Filed under: Employment News & Trends, Employment News by Company
Posted Feb 4th 2010 5:00PM
By Lisa Johnson Mandell
The employee, who goes by "Michael," wrote an extensive missive to The Consumerist, stating that Specialist and Team Lead positions are being eliminated in all Target stores over the next several months. Those who hold those positions will be demoted to part-time status, being assigned under 32-hours per week and paid on a lesser, hourly basis. Target representatives dispute Michael's reports
Michael also claims that many of these full-timers will be expected to train the part-timers to do their core jobs, before they are demoted. Some speculate that they will be so angry about this that they will quit, and entry level employees can be hired to replace the higher paid workers.
For the Target shopper, this could mean less experienced and knowledgeable customer service. Those familiar with Circuit City's demise note that the same tactics were attempted with Circuit City employees in order to save a buck, but shoppers became frustrated by the lack of customer service and expertise and began buying elsewhere. It took less than a year for Circuit City to declare bankruptcy after that move.
"If this is true, I'm going to vote with my wallet," said one Target shopper in a comment on the Consumerist post. "If you are going to no longer treat your employees decently, I'm no longer going to patronize your company. Since I currently spend $300+ per month at Target (in order to avoid giving any business at all to Walmart), I guess that $3,600+ a year is now going to be going to CostCo."
However, Target officials beg to differ. A concerned email to Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel (Gregg.Steinhafel@target.com) reported the following:
"This simply isn't true. A false and malicious rumor is being spread by a misleading article in TheConsumerist.com. We have not cut pay, hours or benefits. We continue to build new stores and add new jobs although fewer than in the past. Thanks."
A Target spokesperson explained the changes this way:
"Each year we review our store operations and structure, which allows us to continually improve our guest service and productivity. We made minimal changes to our structure this year – they affect less than 5 percent of our hourly store team member base. Overall, the changes affected team members will experience include shifts in title or responsibility (for example - a sales specialist - shoes, could be retitled merchandising brand manager), and none of these team members will see a change in their current pay, the number of hours they work or their eligibility for benefits."
Lisa Johnson Mandell is an award-winning multi-media journalist and author of Career Comeback--Repackage Yourself to Get the Job You Want. Learn more on LisaJohnsonMandell.com..
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