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Report says North Carolina may be ill-equipped for paying jobless benefits in next recession [View all]
North Carolina may be ill-prepared to adequately serve the needs of the jobless during the next recession because of the unemployment insurance benefit restrictions put in place in 2013.
That’s the conclusion of a report released last week by the nonprofit National Employment Law Project.
The group examined how state UI programs have been weakened by benefit cuts and policies that discourage unemployed workers from even applying for aid.
The benefits are drawn mostly by people who lost their jobs through no fault of their own.
Read more: https://www.journalnow.com/business/report-says-north-carolina-may-be-ill-equipped-for-paying/article_4144217b-b02e-5cc0-8c97-fda9ce1d3ce0.html
(Winston-Salem Journal)
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