American Enterprise Institute

Labor Department Report Finds Pandemic Unemployment Program Had a Staggering 36 Percent Improper Payment Rate

On August 21, the US Department of Labor (DOL) released its long-awaited “improper payment report” on the troubled Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. PUA was an unpreceden t ed federal ...
AOL

Unemployment Benefits Explained: Terms, Definitions and More

Since the start of the pandemic, mass unemployment has rocked the nation. To help mitigate the damage, two economic stimulus packages allotted unprecedented sums of money to create new benefits ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Federal unemployment benefits may get extension to September

Initial state and federal unemployment claims in North Carolina are at 3.32 million for the COVID-19 pandemic. The state Division of Employment Security reported Friday the seven-day range in claims ...
News9

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program

The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program is one of three federally funded programs introduced by the CARES Act. This program has a very specific aim: providing emergency unemployment ...