Understanding Unemployment Insurance

http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2010/12/understanding-unemployment-insurance

Individual recipients of unemployment insurance have their benefits capped at 99 weeks, notwithstanding the 13 months of "extended unemployment" that is part of the Obama-McConnell tax deal. The extension applies to the program under which people can claim 99 weeks of unemployment benefits, not to the number of weeks an individual claimant gets the benefits. At least that's what the Tax Foundation says.

by Editor  |  Dec 7, 2010 at 10:26 pm receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free futureofcapitalism.com mailing list