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  2. Laura Fortman - Wikipedia

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    Laura A. Fortman (born 1954) is an American government employee, non-profit executive, and women's rights activist. Since 2013 she has served as deputy administrator of the Wage and Hour Division at the United States Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. Previously she was commissioner of the Maine Department of Labor, and executive director of the Frances Perkins Center, the Maine Women's ...

  3. Michael Sylvester (politician) - Wikipedia

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    Residence (s) Portland, Maine, U.S. Alma mater. Bard College ( BA) Michael A. “Mike” Sylvester is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives since 2016. He represents the 39th House District as a member of the Democratic Party. Sylvester is a member of Democratic Socialists of America.

  4. Unemployment insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.

  5. United States Employment Service - Wikipedia

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    The 2d USES was transferred to SSB in newly created FSA by Reorganization Plan No. I of 1939, effective July 1, 1939, and consolidated with Bureau of Unemployment Compensation to form BES (SEE 183.2). [2] It was transferred from BES to War Manpower Commission (WMC) in the Office for Emergency Management by EO 9247, September 17, 1942.

  6. Unemployment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The steady employment gains in recent months suggest a rough answer. The unemployment rate has been 7.9 percent, 7.8 percent and 7.8 percent for the past three months, while the labor force participation rate has been 63.8 percent, 63.6 percent and 63.6 percent. Meanwhile, job gains have averaged 151,000.

  7. List of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate

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    The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state and territory, sortable by name, rate, and change. Data are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment publication. [1][2] While the non-seasonally adjusted data ...

  8. Unemployment extension - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, there is a standard of 26 weeks of unemployment compensation, known as "regular unemployment insurance (UI) benefits".As of December 2020, the U.S. has three programs for extending unemployment benefits: [1] Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC), Extended Benefits (EB), and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC).

  9. Who is eligible for unemployment pay in PA, and what ... - AOL

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    So, how can you file for unemployment compensation in Pennsylvania? Who’s eligible, and what might happen if you quit your previous job on your own terms? ... Save the Pennsylvania Department of ...