by dankeelan | Oct 20, 2020 | Benefits
Mastercard is working with portable benefits program Stride in order to help companies offer U.S. workers access to affordable healthcare plans, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. The release stated this is the first time that...
by dankeelan | Oct 12, 2020 | Benefits, Gig Workers
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment on Thursday said roughly 9,000 gig workers received overpayments of their benefits. The agency is now trying to work with those claimants who were then asked to pay back that money. “Basically it was panic mode, what are...
by dankeelan | Oct 5, 2020 | Benefits
As workers who were brought back to their jobs after furloughs and layoffs due to the Covid-19 crisis face additional rounds of cuts, many may be wondering if it’s possible to restart unemployment benefits. For most, the answer is yes. In August and September, 27% of...
by dankeelan | Sep 29, 2020 | Age, Benefits, Finance, Tips
Social Security offers the choice to take the benefit as early as age 62 —an option that may appeal to more older Americans given high rates of unemployment in the pandemic. But some people may regret that decision if they resume working as the economy improves....
by dankeelan | Sep 29, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Benefits
States are using artificial intelligence and other high-tech tools to identify and deny billions of dollars in fraudulent claims as they deal with a surge in Covid-19-related unemployment. “These benefit programs are clearly very outmanned and outgunned,”...
by dankeelan | Sep 22, 2020 | Benefits, Featured, Gig Workers
According to the Labor Department’s latest tally, more than 14 million people were collecting benefits under the new program at the end of August. That’s more than were collecting regular unemployment benefits. “Number one, that tells me that...
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