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Arkansas hunts for deadbeats
May 13, 20212:31 pm
Arkansas Workforce Services, which has thousands of legitimate applicants for unemployment who’ve been languishing for months for verification checks, promises to be diligent about sniffing about those trying to get a check they don’t deserve.
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It urges them to report anyone not searching diligently enough for a job while receiving the state’s meager regular unemployment, which ends after 16 weeks. The governor has ordered an end to federal benefits 10 weeks early because of employers’ belief that a worker shortage is tied to $300 weekly federal benefits rather than crummy pay and benefits and working conditions; a desire for better work; illness; fear of illness; lack of child care and other reasons. From the letter:
State adds new category of unemployment benefits
State adds new category of unemployment benefits
March 16, 20219:11 am
Arkansas Workforce Services has announced the availability of additional unemployment benefits for certain categories of people with self-employment income. This was established by Congress back in late December.
Here’s the release. If the past is prologue, the system will be plagued with problems for claimants.
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The Arkansas Division of Workforce Services (DWS) has announced that Arkansans receiving benefits through certain unemployment programs may begin applying for the Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC) program. MEUC is a new, temporary program created by the Continued Assistance Act for workers who had multiple sources of income. MEUC provides an additional $100 weekly in extra benefits to eligible claimants who have at least $5,000 in net income from self-employment during the most recent taxable year. MEUC benefits will be av
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