Unemployment

Many people who have been unemployed for the long-term have seen their unemployment benefits vanish. The long-term unemployed have been asking Congress to extend unemployment benefits into a Tier 5 or further so that more people can have income to meet their basic needs while they continue to look for employment. However, Congress has...
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Many people that were left without a job or saw their income get cut after the recession, turned to the internet as not only a medium to which they could vent, but also as a way to start their own businesses and earn money as well.  Websites offer a variety of ways in which...
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A tax benefit available for business owners who hire unemployed workers may help employers when it comes to employee payroll taxes. According to the IRS website, a employer who hires unemployed workers may receive a payroll tax incentive which essentially exempts them from paying their share of Social Security taxes on wages for workers....
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Homeowners that are unemployed have, obviously, been facing a difficult time making their mortgage payment. Some cases have arisen where homeowners have no income whatsoever, while other homeowners may have simply lost some of their wages due to cutbacks at their place of employment. It is for this reason that many homeowners are looking...
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Despite little news being reported on past hot topics like unemployment benefit extensions, the problem of unemployment still remains. The April jobs report shows that there were gains as it was stated that an increase of 290,000 jobs were added to the economy, which marks yet another month where increases were reported. However, these...
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This is a response to the guest article from subprimeblogger.com, Unemployment Benefits Extension – The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer posted on Friday, April 30th.  You may want to read the guest article before continuing with this article. In the first paragraph of the guest article the writer mentions statistics about...
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The following is a guest article from the Editor-In-Chief at subprimeblogger.com, Jesse Wojdylo. For the sake of hearing both sides of an argument, this article is an editorial against unemployment benefits extensions. Recent news headlines state that the economy grew by 3.2%, which is less than expected, but consumer spending increased at a clip...
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Homeowners that are struggling with their mortgage payment due to unemployment may be able to get mortgage forbearance from certain lenders through a plan in the Making Home Affordable Program. Unemployment has caused a lot of trouble for homeowners as jobs simply don’t seem to be available for the majority of those looking for...
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Reports that jobless benefits claims have dropped may give some hope to a recovering job market, but there are those who feel there is an underlying cause for drops in jobless claims that may signal things aren’t as great as they seem.  Many feel that since unemployment benefits have expired for so many of...
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High school students and many college students as well, often rely on summer employment to earn extra money for the costs of the coming school year or simply to just have a little extra cash.  Many have been worried about the job market for summer employment but there are those who are taking a...
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