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COVID & Unemployment

Where's the safety net for laid-off workers?

by Andy Uhler
Sep 30, 2020
Heading into the third quarter of the COVID economy, companies are shedding thousands of employees with little government relief in sight.
An unemployed airport worker calls for extended unemployment benefits in August. Airline workers are expecting mass layoffs beginning Thursday.
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COVID-19

This week may be "Armageddon" for the airline industry

by Erika Beras
Sep 28, 2020
Carriers are likely to cut more than 35,000 jobs starting Thursday.
Flight attendants and other aviation workers participate in a march near the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 9, calling for extended airline support.
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COVID & Unemployment

A spike in long-term unemployment is looming

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 2, 2020
Temporary layoffs are becoming permanent for more furloughed workers.
A shuttered theater in Los Angeles. People laid off early in the pandemic who are still out of work are approaching what the Labor Department defines as long-term unemployed.
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COVID & Unemployment

Temporary furloughs are turning into permanent job losses during the pandemic

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Sep 1, 2020
It's a hit to morale and skill-building for the workforce.
A front desk worker assists a patron with checking in at the reopening of Bellagio hotel-casino on June 4, 2020, in Las Vegas. MGM Grand Resorts has announced it will lay off 18,000 workers who were previously temporarily furloughed.
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COVID-19

How many furloughed workers will return to their jobs? Many are optimistic

by Kristin Schwab
May 11, 2020
The longer you're laid off, the more likely it is to become permament.
A temporarily closed restaurant in Chicago. Eateries and tourism may lag some other industries in reopening.
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COVID-19

Macy's furloughs are a sign of COVID-19 troubles for big retailers

by Jack Stewart
Mar 31, 2020
Analysts expect other department stores will follow suit this week.
While brick-and-mortar stores are closed, a lot of big retailers are trying to sell this season’s clothes at a discount online.
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Pentagon reduces furlough days for civilian workers

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 8, 2013
It's good news for the approximately 640,000 furloughed Department of Defense employees that there will be only six furlough days instead of 11. But it's still a hardship for many of them.
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6 degrees of sequestration

Sequester Pentagon cuts start to bite

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 28, 2013
The Pentagon starts furloughing 650,000 civilian employees next week.
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6 degrees of sequestration

The beat of the sequester furloughs marches on

by Sally Herships and Katie Long
May 24, 2013
As a result of sequester, the IRS, HUD, the EPA and Office of Management and Budget become part of the biggest wave of government office closures since 1995.
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Furloughs: On the job, but out of work

by Marketplace Contributor
Apr 26, 2013
Sequester-related furloughs went into effect this week, impacting mostly air traffic controllers employed by the federal government. How can other public servants prepare their personal finances to take on mandatory unpaid leave?
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