Unemployment & Labor Law

200,000 Unemployed Swarm Streets of America!

By AWC on November 4, 2009 • ( 0 )

Tragedy strikes America! Since September of this year, 200,000 people have stopped receiving unemployment payments as their benefits expired. For over two months now, a quarter million people have been without any government (tax payer) assisted income. The media continues to… Read More ›

Unemployment Insurance: Vacation Extended

By AWC on November 2, 2009 • ( 0 )

It hasn’t been voted on and approved yet, but it’s in the pipeline. The Proposals There are a couple of proposals bouncing around in Washington. One is to provide 13 additional weeks of benefits to people in states with unemployment… Read More ›

Vacation Time – What You Should Know

By AWC on October 26, 2009 • ( 7 )

In prior posts I discussed the abuse of unemployment insurance and my belief that it should be privatized. Today I am discussing employers and their treatment of vacation time. In California, companies are not required to provide vacation time, but… Read More ›

Privatize Unemployment Insurance

By AWC on September 28, 2009 • ( 0 )

There is a raft of insurance out there for homeowners, pets, renters, travelers, and victims of floods, fires, theft, terrorism or earthquakes. There’s even insurance if you lose your cellphone or your microwave breaks. There is errors and omissions insurance,… Read More ›

Unemployment Insurance: The Ugly Truth and The Ugly Abuse

By AWC on September 26, 2009 • ( 13 )

The Ugly Truth Let’s put the myth to rest…you do not pay anything into unemployment insurance in California. Your employer is the only one taxed for unemployment insurance. Now wait a minute, before you all go whipping out your pay… Read More ›