#Unemployment

Angela Hanks

AngelaHanks

Busy day today, but making time for this nonsense @nytimes skills gap piece because it's important to understand what's actually going on here. For the life of me, I don't

Keith

trueplayoff

THE SAD TALE OF THE ASYMPTOMATIC COVIDPerson is forced to take test to maintain employmentTakes PCR test with large out of pocket costResults are questionable at bestBut even though perfectly

Julia Angwin

JuliaAngwin

Today I published my first article for @themarkup(!): the privacy pros and cons of Apple and Google’s plans for COVID-19 contact-tracing apps.TL;DR - it’s good at protecting anonymity but vulnerable

AndrewStettner

pelhamprog

The Trump-Scalia Dept of Labor released new regulatory guidance for the new pandemic #unemployment assistance (PUA) program passed by Congress in the #CARESAct, and it’s criminally narrow. https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=4628 Whil

James Leckie

JamesGLeckie

So I've been doing a lot of research during the pandemic, and I've figured I'd share a bit of what I've learned. This is a thread on Unemployment Insurance (UI).

Voltaire

CubistVoltaire

1. To be bullish on BTC rn requires one of 2 claims. (1) BTC is not coupled with stocks OR (2) the stock market bottom is in. I find both

Phil Jankowski

PhilJankowski

JUST IN: Austin finance officials are now projecting the following:- 261,000 jobs lost in Austin area- 95% loss of hotel room bookings- Loss of between $38.3M and $57.6M in city

Christopher Stewart

EatingFab

Let's talk about the restaurant "employee shortage" shall we?To start, there is no restaurant employee shortage. Employees would actually love to come back to work, but here's the thing... It's

Bree

bre_dah

"I sCHoOLeD iN ThE Uk aNd ThERe WeRe aLoT oF PeOpLe ThAT wErE uNeMpLOyED bUt tHEy DiDN't bEcOMe HooDLuMs..." since you decided to bring the Uk into this, and failed

Ben Riley-Smith

benrileysmith

The mammoth US unemployment claims in their historical context. His name is on there but for those asking all the credit for this wizzardry goes to creator @lenkiefer. And the

Chiara Putaturo

ChiaraPutaturo

Tomorrow the #Eurogroup will discuss additional macro-economic measures in response to the #COVID19. 3 main topics are in the agenda: European Stability Mechanism vs CoronabondsEuropean Commission unemployment reinsurance scheme European

Stephen Roach Knight

knightopia

If making $600/week on unemployment is more than some people earn working their full-time low-wage jobs, the problem isn't the unemployment. The problem is that we, as a nation, have

alex

okbutboba

STOP USING THE 13/52 STATISTIC TO JUSTIFY YOUR RACISM AND POLICE BRUTALITY. do you perhaps UNDERSTAND why that statistic is the way it is? black people tend to be more

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

IMPORTANT NOTE: Starting this week, the Labor Department will be changing its approach to seasonal adjustment for weekly unemployment claims. And the Times will be changing the way we report

Mary Cunningham

marykcunningham

Thread - Millions of renters cannot pay their rent and in just a few days, they will be facing eviction as protections expire and extra unemployment benefits end. There are

David Roberts

drvolts

The new House stimulus bill omits arguably the single most important feature -- automatic stabilizers -- for UTTERLY FUCKING STUPID POLITICAL REASONS AAAAARGH^$*!! Ahem. An important & infuriating post