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Job Training and Education Minimum Wage Unemployment Insurance
Background on this topic
Labor and Employment
Latest News
HNR: Millions Running Out of Jobless Benefits: House Takes Strong Vote to Help (6/13/08) House Ways & Means Committee: Letters of Support for Unemployment Insurance Extension (6/9/08) HNR: Employment Verification System Dangerous for U.S. Workers and Vulnerable Populations (4/14/08) HNR: Congress Finishes Head Start and Leaves Some Unfinished Business (12/21/07) HNR: Unemployment Insurance Reforms Pass in House; President Threatens Veto (11/13/07) HNR: Legislation Would Overturn Court Pay Discrimination Ruling (8/3/07) HNR: Paid Leave Proposed for American Workers (7/23/07) => More News
Policy Analyses and Research
EPI Job Picture (updated each month) The Mobility Agenda: Work-Life Policies for the Twenty-First Century Economy (6/11/08) CEPR: Working Families and Economic Insecurity in the States: The Role of Job Quality and Work Supports (5/21/08) CBPP & EPI: Pulling Apart: A state-by-state Analysis of Income Trends (April 2008) CBPP: New Data Show Income Concentration Rose Again in 2006 (3/27/08) CEPR: Movin' On Up: Reforming America's Social Contract to Provide a Bridge to the Middle Class (February 2008) CEPR: Dropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During Union Election Campaigns (January 2007) NWLC: Working Women Need an Increase in the Minimum Wage--Now! (December 2006) IPS and UFE: Executive Excess 2006: Defense and Oil Executives Cash in on Conflict (8/30/06) => More Policy Analyses and Research
Government Resources
House Ways and Means Committee: Unemployment Extension Briefing Materials (6/9/08) Includes reasons for extending benefits; a brief summary of "The Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act" H.R. 5749; and the estimated number of workers by state eligible for extended unemployment benefits under H.R. 5749. Status and text of H.R. 3010 the Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (signed into law 12/30/05) Senate Appropriations Committee: S. Rept. 109-103 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill for FY 2006 (7/14/05) CBO: Cost Estimate for S. 1021- Workforce Investment Act Amendments of 2005 (7/1/05) House Appropriations Committee: H. Rept. 109-143 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill for FY 2006 (6/21/05) Status of "Workforce Investment Amendments of 2005" (S. 1021 introduced 5/18/05) => More Government Resources
