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COVID & Unemployment

What you need to know about the job market during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Millions of newly unemployed Americans have lost health insurance, study finds

by David Brancaccio , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Jul 14, 2020
More than 5 million people who lost their jobs lost their health insurance and didn’t find an alternative.
An ambulance sits in the emergency room bay of Lincoln Medical Center on April 16, 2020.
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With tips down, some restaurants have raised wages for servers. Will it last?

by Samantha Fields
Jul 13, 2020
“A lot of workers are saying no, I refuse to go back and put my health at risk and my family's health at risk for $2, $3 or $4 an hour.”
With business slow at most restaurants, some are raising wages to incentivize staff to come back.
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Nearly a third of tenants either missed or couldn't pay full July rent, survey finds

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 10, 2020
The problem is worse among households earning $50,000 a year or less.
One reason tenants have been able to pay at all is the $600-a-week federal pandemic unemployment payments.
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Expanded COVID-19 unemployment money is helping millions of workers pay their bills

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 9, 2020
The extra $600 every week is set to run out at the end of this month.
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Layoffs stuck at high level as 1.3 million seek jobless aid

by Associated Press
Jul 9, 2020
The six states that have had to reverse business reopenings make up one-third of the economy.
The persistently elevated level of layoffs are occurring as a spike in virus cases has forced six states to reverse their move to reopen businesses.
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About a third of companies cut employee pay in response to COVID-19, survey finds

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 8, 2020
More than half of the companies making cuts say they helped avoid layoffs, for now.
Of the companies that cut employee pay in response to the pandemic, over half of them say cuts allowed them to avoid layoffs.
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Answers to your questions about unemployment benefits and COVID-19

by Jack Stewart
Jul 7, 2020
As we approach the deadline for the expanded coronavirus unemployment payments to end, we look at some of the key questions around benefits.
Hundreds of unemployed Kentucky residents wait in long lines outside the Kentucky Career Center for help with their unemployment claims.
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It's the last month of $600-a-week unemployment benefits. What happens next?

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 7, 2020
Unless Congress extends the $600-a-week program, benefits are set to expire at the end of July.
Overall, jobless benefits are pumping about $100 billion per month into the U.S. economy.
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How the UK has kept unemployment down — for now

by Victoria Craig
Jul 7, 2020
So far, the nation's businesses have avoided laying off 9.3 million workers.
Government furlough programs and business loan and grant schemes allowed U.K. companies to keep their staff on their payrolls even if their doors were shut.
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Minimum wage rises for some despite business protests

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jul 3, 2020
Some businesses owners struggling with COVID-19 restrictions asked for the pay hike to be delayed.
Members of the Service Employees International Union call for an increased minimum wage.
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