GDOL Says 61,360 of Georgia's Unemployed To be Impacted by Sequestration
Georgia Department of Labor sent out a notice advising that it has received notification from the U.S. Department of Labor to reduce Extended Unemployment Benefits by 10.7 percent, effective March 31.
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The Georgia Department of Labor sent out a press release Monday informing the public that thousands of jobless workers in Georgia receiving federal Extended Unemployment Compensation (EUC) can expect a cut in those beneficts effective from March 31.
Sequestration is the reason for the cuts, according to the release. EUC is a federally funded benefit for long-term unemployed workers who have exhausted regular state unemployment insurance (UI) benefits.
According to the release, GDOL has been told by the U.S. Department of Labor to reduce EUC benefits by 10.7 percent effective from the week beginning March 31. There are reportedly 61,360 recipients of EUC in Georgia. The maximum weekly benefit current is $330 and the average is $260. Regular state-funded unemployment insurance benefits will not be affected.
In addition, the federal government is reducing the labor department’s administrative funding grant, used to pay costs of administration the UIF program, by about $3 million. According to the release, while the cuts will negatively impact operations, it is too soon to know to what extent.
The GDOL will notify recipients who will be impacted. Complete information will be available at www.dol.state.ga.us.
TAK
7:26 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
If we don't have the money, we don't have the money......
George Wilson
3:41 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The Republican governor and legislature could alleviate the impact economically by putting 650,000 Georgians on Medicaid thereby creating 70,000 jobs and accepting the already approved dollars from the federal government. They could increase the state minimum wage to $9.00 per hour for another economic boost. They could raise revenue for infrastructure projects by eliminating corporate welfare taxes and other give a way s starting with the sales tax exemption for fuel for Delta. This isn't too hard to fix and alleviate. Will they do it? Probably not because the are so locked in to a conservative ideology that is rapidly putting our state tops in all the wrong things and at the bottom in all the right things.