The Department of Workforce Development announced Wednesday that Wisconsin residents who received Unemployment Insurance benefits in 2020 must report UI benefits as taxable income on their 2020 tax returns.
Unemployment payments made available through CARES Act money are scheduled to be sent to Kentuckians who qualify this week while nearly 90,000 people are still waiting to receive benefits from the state.
Kentucky will issue one-time $400 payments to roughly 25,000 people, many of them disqualified from getting a Lost Wages Assistance subsidy because they made too little.
Another 16,500 people will get $1,000. They applied for unemployment months ago and haven’t been paid yet.
Amy Cubbage, a lawyer with the Kentucky unemployment office who has become the state’s face for the labor cabinet in recent months, said people who need help with their claims can apply for a virtual appointment on the state’s career center website,
A federal wage assistance program has resulted in more than 22,000 unemployed people in the state receiving an additional $35 million in federal payments over the past few weeks.
The new feature will allow people to schedule a call back up to two weeks. Author: Rick Lessard (FOX61) Updated: 6:43 PM EST January 15, 2021
CONNECTICUT, USA The Connecticut Department of Labor announced a new tool Thursday to help people who need unemployment claims assistance.
The new Consumer Contact Center tool will allow people to schedule a call back up to two weeks, a release from the CT DOL said. The tool is available on the filectui.com homepage.
Credit: CT DOL / FileCTUI.com
The agency also released early application timelines for the new federal Mix Earner Unemployment Compensation program which was established under CARES Act II.
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