Unemployment Compensation

Layoffs are hard for the employee, the supervisors and the company as a whole. The decision to cut back on staff is never an easy one, but there is an alternative. A work share is an alternative to layoffs and gives employers the chance to cut back on hours and salaries, instead of cutting back on staff. In ...

Employment benefits can be confusing to job seekers since they can vary from state to state, and even company to company. Vacation pay and unemployment aid are often the benefits that are put into question, whether it be at the start of employment or during a termination. Employees should review their ...

Selena Dehne, JIST Publishing The stress, change and flood of emotions associated with unemployment are not limited to those who have lost their jobs. Often, families and significant others experience their own sense of turbulence when loved ones have been downsized. This reaction is common but sometimes ...

Whether you're laid off or fired, the pain of getting let go from a job carries the same weight. But the unemployment relief you can receive afterward differs. The money used to fund unemployment benefits comes from a federal unemployment insurance tax that employers pay into. There are legal differences ...

Surely the hardest part about being unemployed or underemployed is managing your constrained finances-fretting over making the rent or mortgage payments and scraping together health insurance premiums. But waking up and dealing with the empty day stretching before you can be an unexpectedly difficult challenge in ...

If your job has been eliminated and you need to be trained to do something else, high-tail it to your local community college or employment center STAT! The U.S. Department of Labor just announced more than $225 million in health care and high growth training grants funded by the American Recovery and ...

So, you're newly unemployed. You're freaked out and nervous and have no idea what's going to come next. How are you going to survive? Here are the first five things you should do after a layoff to keep yourself on track. 1. Take a Deep Breath I'm serious about this one. It's the most important step. Sure, ...