Unemployment insurance modernization takes hit in Congress

Unemployment insurance modernization takes hit in Congress ... The Labor Department is revising its modernization goals after the debt ceiling ...

DoL Pitches UI Transformation Plan, Sends Congress Funding Beg

The Labor Department (DoL) went public last week with its latest plans to modernize unemployment insurance (UI) programs that it operates with state government ...

The Labor Department wants Congress to help to fix unemployment ...

The Labor Department has a new “transformation plan” to shore up the unemployment insurance system for the next crisis after the pandemic exposed its ...

An Unemployment Insurance modernization bill now before the U.S. ...

New U.S. Senate legislation—the Unemployment Insurance Modernization and Recession Readiness Act of 2023—would take important steps toward ...

How Congress Can Fix UI - National Employment Law Project

The UI Modernization and Recession Readiness Act takes a major step toward fixing unemployment insurance so that all workers—and the economy as ...

Getting the job done on unemployment insurance: How Congress ...

Successful program modernization and integrity efforts for the administration of unemployment insurance require steady financing to build up ...

Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 118th Congress

8559);. • legislation that would make significant reforms to UI program and benefits. (i.e., UI modernization proposals: H.R. 6071 and S. 3140);.

Labor Dept backs state-by-state refresh of UI benefits systems ...

The Labor Department is embarking on a state-by-state refresh of unemployment insurance (UI) systems pushed to their limits at the height of ...

UI Report FINAL - House Oversight Committee

ALP – Acceptable Level of Performance. ARPA – American Rescue Plan Act. BLS – Bureau of Labor Statistics. CAA – Continued Assistance Act.

The Unemployment Insurance System Is Set to Get a Tech Makeover

The Labor Department has launched an overhaul of the technology that runs the unemployment insurance system, which was overwhelmed by claims and plagued by ...

Bennet, Wyden Unveil Unemployment Insurance Overhaul

Washington, D.C. – Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) unveiled their proposal to overhaul the ...

State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations

... Congress must act to modernize and reform the UI system to protect workers and our economy for the future. Page 25. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.

NELP Applauds the Introduction of the Unemployment Insurance ...

The Unemployment Insurance Modernization and Recession Readiness Act ensures workers, employers, and the economy will be better equipped to ...

Unemployment Insurance Modernization and Recession Readiness ...

Amendments to H.R.6071 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Unemployment Insurance Modernization and Recession Readiness Act.

Congress Should Heed President Biden's Call for Fundamental UI ...

Policymakers stepped up in the pandemic to greatly expand unemployment assistance beyond what the country's outdated joint federal-state ...

State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations

The Administration is eager to work with Congress on broad changes to modernize the program as well as advance racial, geographic, and gender equity in the UI ...

An Unemployment System Frozen in Amber - The American Prospect

Congress also provided 49 additional weeks of benefits to those who exhausted their state benefits, and offered a flat increase in benefits.

Building Resilience: A plan for transforming unemployment insurance

As requested in the 2025 Budget, Congress must act to provide sustained investments supporting efforts to continue to modernize and reform the UI system. This ...

Centering Workers—How to Modernize Unemployment Insurance ...

These UI benefit modernization projects involved moving state unemployment benefits and appeals systems from a “legacy” mainframe-based system ...

Historic Unemployment Programs Provided Vital Support to Workers ...

Responding to this rapid job loss, Congress passed the most expansive set of temporary unemployment benefits in our nation's history. These ...