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Mon., February 10, 2014 7:52pm
Monday, the House approved a bill that would change some school workers eligibility for unemployment benefits. The sponsor of House Bill 714 says...
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Fri., December 27, 2013 4:48pm
Congress did not extend jobless benefits for the long term unemployed in the budget it passed before the Christmas break.That means nearly 40,000...
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Fri., October 18, 2013 12:00pm
Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler says the state has made significant progress repaying the federal government for loans that covered...
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Mon., March 4, 2013 5:24pm
State lawmakers are considering a bill that would deny jobless benefits to school workers employed by private companies during summers. Backers say...
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Thu., January 10, 2013 3:56pm
Georgia’s declining jobless rate is good news for the state, but bad news for some who have been out of work for nearly a year. Starting Saturday,...
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Fri., September 7, 2012 4:19pm
State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler is refusing to pay jobless benefits to seasonal workers like teachers and bus drivers despite an order from the...
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Fri., September 7, 2012 8:00am
Georgia’s labor commissioner is refusing to restart jobless benefits to seasonally unemployed teachers and bus drivers, setting up a showdown between...
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Tue., August 14, 2012 6:05pm
The U.S. Labor Department has ruled that Georgia’s decision to deny unemployment benefits to seasonal workers violated workplace laws. That means...
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Tue., August 14, 2012 7:56am
A federal agency's decision might lead to thousands of Georgia bus drivers, cafeteria workers and private school teachers getting summer...
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Thu., July 5, 2012 4:14pm
Georgia’s improving unemployment rate will “trigger” the end of federal emergency benefits for a number of Georgians, starting this weekend. It’s...
