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Biden wants the minimum wage – currently set at $7.25 an hour – to jump to $15 an hour by 2025. The increases would be phased in at approximately $1.75…
President-elect Joe Biden unveiled the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion war on the prolonged suffering of Americans hardest hit by coronavirus. Included in his proposal: a fresh round of…
It would not be a surprise if a bill for a third stimulus check – possibly for as much as $2,000! – is on President Biden’s desk a day after…
The second COVID-19 relief bill is now law – all 3,126 pages of it. The people in Congress who passed it admit they don’t know what all is in it,…
If you haven’t looked at your bank account this week, now might be a splendid time. The long wait for a second stimulus check from the U.S. government finally is…
A second stimulus check – the financial gift from the U.S. government to help consumers recover from the economic belt coronavirus gave the American economy – needs only a signature…
You don’t have to catch the virus to get harmed by COVID-19. As soon as the pandemic hit, scams arose to take advantage of people’s fears. In 2020, Americans have…
If the biggest employee benefit you receive is when your company bothers to fill the toilet paper rolls in the employee bathroom, you might not want to read this: Google…
A pink slip can be a traumatic experience but losing your employer-provided health insurance is nothing short of devastating. Since the coronavirus pandemic erupted in early 2020, tens of millions…
If you are paying on a federal student loan, you probably already know that the government CARES Act has provided benefits that suspends payment and interest requirements through December 31.…
Sources:
- N.A. (2021, February 8) The Budgetary Effects of the Raise the Wage Act of 2021. Retrieved from https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56975
- N.A. (2020, September 15) Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019. Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2020/demo/p60-270.html
- N.A. (ND) State Minimum Wages. Retrieved from https://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wage-chart.aspx