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Some states, like Virginia, Oklahoma and Texas, won’t be able to issue additional funds from the Covid relief law to certain workers for several weeks.

The $900 billion Covid relief law extends two unemployment programs by 11 weeks. Many workers will get an additional four weeks, into the second week of April.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., wants to increase jobless benefits by $600 a week again. New evidence suggests a prior subsidy hadn’t kept people from returning to work.

Many Americans are out of work and may need to file for unemployment insurance benefits until the coronavirus outbreak is over. Here are steps experts recommend taking to navigate the process as smoothly as possible.

The Economic Policy Institute estimates that the U.S. is likely to lose 3 million jobs by summer. This could be a major problem, considering the U.S. is in the midst of a health crisis and 49% of Americans get health insurance through their employer. Here’s how to find health insurance if you’ve recently lost your job.

In the month of April alone, 20.5 million American jobs were lost, with 55% of those jobs belonging to women.

Job openings decreased in November, with the biggest hit coming to the battered hospitality industry as the Covid pandemic surges.

Though finding a job in the midst of a pandemic is far from easy, job-search site FlexJobs has created a list of 18 companies hiring for remote positions today.

With the extra $600 per week in federal unemployment insurance set to expire at the end of July, policymakers grapple with how to stimulate the economy and help the 21 million Americans who are still unemployed.

Mark Cuban has some advice for the millions of Americans who are currently out of work amid the coronavirus pandemic.

For the tens of million of Americans receiving unemployment benefits, the extra $600 boost will run out sooner than expected.

More than 25 million people are currently receiving enhanced UI payments. Without it, their weekly checks will drop by about two-thirds, to $383 per week on average, according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor. But that figure varies greatly by state.

Unless Congress acts, the $600 per week boost to unemployment benefits will be cut off at a time when a record number of Americans depend on that assistance. Roughly 25 million workers are set to be impacted by this benefit loss.

Some 5.4 million Americans will be financially insolvent by the end of August if enhanced unemployment insurance is not renewed or they are unable to return to work, Morning Consult finds.

The Senate is officially adjourned through Labor Day despite not coming to an agreement on its next coronavirus stimulus package.

The CARES Act substantially increased the number of weeks those out of work can collect jobless benefits, from most states offering 26 weeks to all states providing a total of at least 39 weeks. However, that provision only lasts through December 31, 2020.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to extend enhanced unemployment benefits at a reduced rate of $400 per week. But aides clarified this week that the order actually only guarantees $300 per week from the federal government.

Lagging state unemployment insurance systems means potentially millions of workers will still receive extra $600 payments retroactively.

New data from the National Women’s Law Center shows that despite record job gains in June, women are disproportionately being left behind in today’s economic rebound.

“It’s devastating.”