People receiving unemployment benefits in Alabama could soon face a new requirement to contact three employers each week about a potential job.
“Help Wanted” — it’s a sign that you’ve probably seen outside many local restaurants and other businesses. Some have blamed pandemic unemployment benefits for giving people a reason to stay home and not get a job.
Gov. Kay Ivey has announced that Alabama will end its participation in all federally funded pandemic unemployment compensation programs effective June 19.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Some Alabama residents spent the holiday weekend struggling to claim their weekly unemployment benefits. The Alabama Department of Labor says that about 53,000 people were blocked from filing the required weekly report telling state government that they still don’t have a job. Only then is another week’s worth of unemployment benefits paid. The department said Monday…
