Nashville, TN - Tennessee’s February 2023 unemployment remained unchanged at 3.5% for the fifth month in a row, according to the latest data released by
When you put in a hard day of work, you expect to be paid. But that's not happening at a healthcare clinic in Clarksville, according to employees who work there.
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Some of the Tennesseans who’ve been out of work the longest during the pandemic ran out of unemployment benefits just before Christmas.
The CARES Act provided up to 39 weeks of aid for people out of work, but for some that ran out in the thick of the holiday season. For example, somebody who lost a job in mid-March would have used up the benefits by the second or third week of December.
Despite the latest stimulus package, those who exhausted their benefits before December 26th have seen a weeks-long gap in weekly checks. But for some, payments will resume as early as this week.