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Comment on Pennsylvania (PA) March 2010 Unemployment Rate Rises by Jesssica

Jesssica — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:56:59 +0000

Count me in the 10 percent. It’s unbelievable.

Comment on California Unemployment Rate Hits New High in March by LAURIE JACK

LAURIE JACK — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:38:32 +0000

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Comment on California Unemployment Rate Hits New High in March by hopeless

hopeless — Sun, 30 May 2010 04:38:36 +0000

to any one who thinks it is easier to live on ui benefits than look and or work for a living has obviously not existed on ui. if you think it would be bad to extend ui benefits you probably can’t see what’s coming when so so many people will continue to run out of benefits. the repercussions will be devistating to say the least. but i guess it was the great thinking of all those big wigs that got our economy in this shape to begin with.

Comment on PA Unemployment and the Economic Recovery by Cammie

Cammie — Mon, 17 May 2010 17:55:08 +0000

You need to listen up and help those who are in dire need. I am pasting a story posted on a website. Open up your heart and get benefits to those whose have been exhausted before you started handing out more to people who had jobs and have been earning a living this entire time. It’s not fair that you ignore the true victims of the recession, such as this woman.

She wrote:
I’m 50 years of age, a single mom, and a domestic violence survivor of 20 years.

I had my last unemployment check in March as well. Ten years of savings is gone. If it weren’t for food stamps, we’d all be starving.

I recently went through a bankruptcy – I had no other alternative.

My family home was just sold in foreclosure… the mortgage company tacked a nice big foreclosure notice on my front door, right next to my Son in Service banner.

God bless America.

PA needs to extend benefits to those who have exhausted theirs. People can’t continue to live without any help and the jobs aren’t there yet. Until that time, take care of these people FIRST.

Comment on PA Unemployment and the Economic Recovery by Cammie

Cammie — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:36:10 +0000

I think this is misguided. There are hundreds of thousands of jobless workers in PA whose unemployment benefits expired in March. These people are in dire need. Until help is directed to those who have been hardest hit by the recession,why are you making scarce funds available to people with jobs? Let them take a pay cut and be done with it, this is an outrage to those of us who are sliding into poverty due to the inaction of our Federal and State leaders. Many in this group are over 50 and have been searching tirelessly for work for 2 years. These people are too young to retire, too old to be hired. And instead of doing something to help those who exhausted benefits, you are going to allow people with jobs to collect unemployment? It is an insult to the people who through no fault of their own lost jobs early on. Are you just going to let them get kicked under the bus? Particularly those over 55. I guess they just want us to disappear under a bridge somewhere. Doesn’t the state realize that the social service agencies are going to be it hard since so many have been cut off since March? I just don’t see the logic. Perhaps early on in the recession, this measure may have been a good move but I can’t see the logic.

Comment on Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate Drops for November 2009 by Olga Daric

Olga Daric — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:37:54 +0000

Here is the truth over all. The FL Unemployment office is forcing yes forcing their employees to work a minimum of 60 hours a week. Instead of hiring more people on a part-time or temporary basis to take care of the over load from both ends, they are over working there current staff to the point of forcing them to work a minimum of 100 cases a week. One of the Fort Lauderdale executives send an internal email demanding the staff worked a minimum of 50hrs, because he is not allowed to demand such a request is against contract, he retracted sending a request for 100cases per week. When hired adjudicators are required to work an average of 66 cases in 40 hours.
What does that mean to the public? Why should that matter to the unemployed?
Adjudicators are supposed to perform a complete investigation on each case contacting both parties and allowing 48 hours for response. We all know that rushing and pressure only creates mistakes. Well mistakes are being made on a regular basis in the adjudication offices in Florida. In June of 2008 the other Fort Lauderdale executive had a meeting with all adjudication staff in which it was discuss quantity vs quality. Meaning numbers is what matters how many cases can U work in one week. Never mind that cases are not numbers cases are people with names and families and mortgages what we do affects people on a personal level. Two months ago a man who was denied of his unemployment benefits went on a killing spree to his old job. In that case in particular maybe there was no mistake made but how many others we don’t hear about, who don’t make the news hang themselves in the garage on a mistake that we made because numbers is all we can see because amounts is all that matters? I bet you a million dollars that if we were review by the Feds right now we wouldn’t even made 80% of the quality standard we are required to meet because there is no time.
So here are the rules of thumb;
We all have the right as working Americans to file for unemployment that doesn’t mean you are entitled to receive benefits.
The employer is the only one who pays tax insurance for unemployment purposes.
In a discharge/termination the employer has to prove misconduct by the employee for the employee to be denied. Misconduct is determined based on the agreement at the time of hire.
In a voluntary quit/resignation the employee has to prove reasonable reasons to end employment. Reasonable is determined based on the agreement at the time of hire or any adjustments after for which the employee agreed and under which performed work for employee to be approved.
Claimants/employees are required by law to be able and available for work, no exceptions, and to prove it providing a work search record at the request of the Agency.
So my fellow Floridians good luck, God speed and I truly hope this helps.

Olga Daric

Comment on New York Unemployment Benefits Extended 20 Weeks by Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:01:57 +0000

The extension signed in by Obama on November 6 2009 is only available to the unemployed that filed their initial claim by February 2nd 2009.

I find it ironic that Congress/Obama came up with February 2nd 2009. The worse 3 months in the history of unemployment was January, February and March of 2009.

Why in the world would Congress/Obama choose a date that would exclude 2/3s of the unemployed from the worse 3 months in history? Could Congress/Obama have been more deliberate?

I guess the fine print of the February 2nd 2009 deadline in the extension announcement in the main stream media was left out. But meanwhile its a very important point as you can see.

Obama was suppose to be the man that helped the average American. Instead he just help screw 2/3s of the average American that lost their job during worse 3 months in unemployment history.

Comment on National Job Losses Drop For November 2009 by admin

admin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:55:25 +0000

The blog looks good, keep it up! The socks and flip-flops ordeal sounds bad, however the new shoes look fab.

It’s definitely Nathan Phillips Square – We think the photo has been altered slightly though, as I’m unsure the background buildings are positioned in their correct places…! Some stunning buildings never-the-less!

Comment on Unemployment Benefits Will End January 2010 by Dee

Dee — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:06:55 +0000

Democrat Jim Mc Dermott has introduced a new bill HR 4183 which would extend unemployment for those from December 2009 through March 2011 but it has yet to pass through congress. WE need to contact out elected officals and ask them to pass this bill ASAP!!!!!! Or many of us who are looking for jobs like myself and yet to regain employment, will be out of luck.

Contact your local congress person and senator ASAP RE: Jim Mc Dermott;s HR 4183 BIll which will extend unemployment through 2011.

Comment on National Job Losses Drop For November 2009 by Natalie

Natalie — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:34:48 +0000

I find it really hard being a recent graduate trying to enter the working world. I blog about it for school. Check it out at http://nataliepr.wordpress.com/ Also I was just wondering if that was a photo of Toronto you used, I think its Nathan Phillip Square.