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Florida Rules Uber Drivers Not Entitled to Unemployment Benefits

Florida’s job agency has ruled that drivers for Uber and other app companies connecting passengers with rides are not entitled employed benefits due to laid off workers. The Orlando Sentinel reports the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity ruled Dec. 3 …

North Carolina Cuts Unemployment Benefits

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on Tuesday signed into law a measure that will cut benefits for jobless workers by about one-third and reduce how long they can collect any aid in a state with the fifth-highest unemployment rate in …

Deadline Feb. 2 for Quake-Related Jobless Benefits in Virginia

People in five counties and the city of Fredericksburg who lost jobs as the result of a powerful Aug. 23 earthquake face a deadline this week. The Thursday deadline is to file for disaster unemployment assistance. Besides Fredericksburg, residents of …