The Current Population Survey, a monthly household survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, provides a comprehensive body of information on the employment and unemployment experience of the Nation’s population, classified by age, sex, race, and a variety of other characteristics. Overview of Statistics on Unemployment. National Unemployment [...]
June 28 Update: Legislation that would provide an extension of federal extended unemployment benefits, which have expired, has been proposed in the senate. The bill – S.3520 – Unemployment Insurance Extension Act of 2010 – would extend the filing deadline for extended unemployment benefits, including the extra $25 per month from the stimulus bill, from June [...]
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I want to thank all these leaders for engaging in a very substantive conversation, and I’m going to be relatively brief in summarizing it. Obviously the top of our list was our continued response to the crisis in the Gulf and what’s happening with the oil spill. We gave them an update [...]
Legislation Pending to Extend Eligibility Dates for Benefit Extensions Federal legislation is pending to extend eligibility dates for benefit extensions beyond the April 4, 2010 deadline. If you have not yet claimed the maximum 99 full weeks of unemployment benefits, please continue to claim weekly benefits in the usual manner. If the legislation is approved, [...]