benefits – Kit Stolz

Congress won’t extend unemployment benefits: LA Times

Veteran reporter Don Lee of the LA Times already knows that Congress won't extend unemployment benefits for the long-term out of work, even before the debate is joined: Economists also worry that consumer spending may weaken. Confidence remains low, and unemployment benefits, which have helped prop up spending, probably won't be extended by lawmakers, givenContinue reading “Congress won’t extend unemployment benefits: LA Times”

How Free-Lancers Can Get Unemployment Benefits

A couple of weeks ago the LA Times ran a guide for unemployment benefits in its business section (which is available here). To offer such guidance is a great idea. Every news publication that wants to be useful to its readership should be so helpful in these days of soaring unemployment. Unfortunately, the piece wasContinue reading “How Free-Lancers Can Get Unemployment Benefits”