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  2. Bilski v. Kappos - Wikipedia

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    Bilski v. Kappos, 561 U.S. 593 (2010), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States holding that the machine-or-transformation test is not the sole test for determining the patent eligibility of a process, but rather "a useful and important clue, an investigative tool, for determining whether some claimed inventions are processes under § 101."

  3. Connecticut Unemployment Guide - AOL

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    If you've recently lost your job in Connecticut, you may be eligible for Connecticut Unemployment Insurance benefits. This is a guide to filing your claim for Connecticut unemployment benefits.

  4. Unemployment - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment is measured by the unemployment rate, which is the number of people who are unemployed as a percentage of the labour force (the total number of people employed added to those unemployed). [3] Unemployment can have many sources, such as the following: the status of the economy, which can be influenced by a recession

  5. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005

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    Employment is to be provided within 5 km of an applicant's residence, and minimum legal wage under the law is to be paid. If work is not provided within 15 days of applying, applicants are entitled to an unemployment allowance. That is, if the government fails to provide employment, it has to provide certain unemployment allowances to those people.

  6. Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Wikipedia

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    The bill would also amend the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and September 30, 2014, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an ...

  7. Davis–Bacon Act of 1931 - Wikipedia

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    Sen. James J. Davis (R-PA) and Rep. Robert L. Bacon (R–NY-1), the co-sponsors of the Davis–Bacon Act. The Davis–Bacon Act of 1931 is a United States federal law that establishes the requirement for paying the local prevailing wages on public works projects for laborers and mechanics.

  8. Garnishment - Wikipedia

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    The federal garnishment limit (with some exceptions like child support and student loans) on a weekly basis is the lower of (A) 25% of one's disposable earnings (what's left after mandatory tax deductions), or (B) the total amount by which one's weekly wage exceeds thirty times the federal hourly minimum wage. Several other states observe ...

  9. Unemployment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The previous record for unemployment claims in one week was only about one fifth as high, at 695,000 claims in 1982. [ 33 ] More than 38 million Americans lost their jobs and applied for government aid, [ 34 ] [ 35 ] including nearly 4 million people in California , [ 36 ] in the eight weeks after the coronavirus pandemic began.