8/20/09

If lost jobless benefit estimates doubled in California in one month, what about North Carolina?

Estimate doubles for jobless losing benefits Sept. 1


 


An estimated 143,000 unemployed workers in California will exhaust their jobless benefits by Sept. 1…


 


That's more than double the 61,906 state officials estimated a month ago.


 


If Congress does not approve a fourth extension in benefits, EDD projects that 264,000 Californians will be kicked off the unemployment rolls by the end of the year.


 


Congress, however, went into recess this month so no action can be taken until at least September.


 


And not everyone agrees that another extension is in order. A 13-week extension would give California workers 92 weeks of unemployment benefits. Critics contend that an extension would only encourage workers to stay on unemployment rather than take any job available.


 


Mary Ann Milbourn


O.C. Register, August 19, 2009

1 comment:

barbara said...

i am a sole supporter of 3 children and have worked through the last 25 years without any problems, i first worked in the aerospace industry for 20 years and was layed off from boeing after 17 years of service, then i make a change to try something new and i get into the mortgage business and work for a huge bank by the name of lehman bros, with 5 years of service and am again layed off due to the crumbling market, now i have been layed off since the end of 2007 and have been applying at places from banks to electronic companies to del taco and even pizza hut ,,..... GUESS WHAT!!!! nobody will hire me for lack of experience at establishments such as del taco, dennys, even to deliver pizza!!!

I JUST DON'T GET IT!!! DO YOU????????