More jobless getting aid than in past even as cutoffs loom

May 27, 2021 Comments Off on More jobless getting aid than in past even as cutoffs loom

FILE—In this file photo from May 5, 2021, a truck passes a sign showing a need to hire laborers outside a concrete products company in Evans City, Pa. Pennsylvania will resume work search requirements in July for hundreds of thousands of people receiving unemployment compensation, a top Wolf administration official said Monday, May 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Far more Americans are receiving unemployment benefits than the last time the jobless rate was at the current 6.1%, thanks to a major expansion of the federal safety net that has provided aid to millions of people out of work.

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Religiously affiliated hospitals are exempt from ERISA

May 29, 2018 Comments Off on Religiously affiliated hospitals are exempt from ERISA

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court held a plan maintained by a religiously affiliated organization qualifies as a church plan, regardless of who established it.

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US provides marriage benefits to gay couples in all states

July 9, 2015 Comments Off on US provides marriage benefits to gay couples in all states

In this June 26, 2015 photo, supporters celebrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington after the court declared that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says the government will make federal marriage benefits available to same-sex couples following a Supreme Court decision last month that legalized same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

WASHINGTON — Same-sex married couples can start applying for Social Security and veterans benefits for spouses in all 50 states, but there are still issues to resolve as the federal government works to implement the Supreme Court ruling allowing gay ...

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Lawmakers seek to strip ex-Nazis’ benefits

November 13, 2014 Comments Off on Lawmakers seek to strip ex-Nazis’ benefits

A bipartisan group of lawmakers are seeking to strip suspected Nazi war criminals of their Social Security benefits, insisting American taxpayers should not be underwriting the retirement of anyone who participated in the Third Reich’s atrocities.

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Applications for U.S. jobless aid tick up to 287,000

October 30, 2014 Comments Off on Applications for U.S. jobless aid tick up to 287,000

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, but remained at historically low levels that signal a strengthening job market.

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Social Security in search of volunteer lawyers

October 16, 2014 Comments Off on Social Security in search of volunteer lawyers

Social Security Office Closings: A new congressional report says the Social Security Administration has been closing a record number of field offices, even as millions of baby boomers approach retirement.

The Social Security Administration has launched a pro bono pilot program in Maryland and is seeking attorneys to manage payments for Social Security beneficiaries who need help.

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