This week, a federal judge will hear a class action lawsuit case aimed at stopping Gov. Larry Hogan s decision to halt unemployment benefits this Saturday.While Maryland unemployment COVID-19 benefits are set to end this Saturday, a judge s decision on Friday could change that. They can t pay their car payments. There are people s homes in foreclosure, said Sharon Black, of the Unemployed Workers Union.A push to keep the federal money coming to those unemployed due to the pandemic continues as the Unemployed Workers Union gathered outside of the circuit courthouse in downtown Baltimore with their pleas to the governor. This is a desperate time and we need action. The people that we work for need these benefits, said Alec Summerfield, attorney for the Unemployed Workers Union.The group filed a class-action lawsuit last Thursday, aiming to stop Hogan’s decision to halt unemployment benefits come Saturday.But in a last-minute move Wednesday, the governor s office confirmed the
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The Unemployed Workers Union has filed a class action lawsuit against Gov. Hogan and Department of Labor to extend benefits to September 2021. Author: Jess Arnold Updated: 10:19 PM EDT June 29, 2021
BETHESDA, Md. Many Marylanders are frustrated that they still haven t received payments from weeks, even months ago. It comes as extra federal pandemic unemployment benefits set to run out Saturday.
Gov. Larry Hogan announced in early June that even though the federal policy allows for the extra benefits to be given out through September, Maryland would be halting the payments on July 3.
In which states has the court ordered pandemic payments to be reinstated?
So far workers in three states have challenged through the courts their governor’s decision to unilaterally end enhanced unemployment benefits early.
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A judge in Indiana has placed an injunction on the state stopping the financial assistance ordering the reinstatement of payments.
Last week workers in Maryland and Texas joined Indiana in taking their state s governor to court over the decision to end federal pandemic unemployment benefits.
Starting in early May,
Republican governors across the US announced that their states would no longer participate in the federal unemployment programs set up last year to help those laid off due to the pandemic.