Speaking of vaccines, Democratic state lawmakers are planning to introduce a bill that would establish legal protections for employers that require workers to get vaccinated or submit to regular COVID testing, the Sacramento Bee reports. Berkeley on Wednesday became the second city after San Francisco to adopt these rules for itself.
Three irrigation districts — together responsible for irrigating nearly 50, acres of San Joaquin Valley farmland — sued the State Water Resources Control Board , saying the regulations could cause landowners to lose their crops, businesses and livelihoods.
In other environment news: Exhausted firefighters attacking the Caldor Fire got some reprieve Thursday as powerful winds abated and humidity rose , though the battle is far from over. Despite crews protecting many homes, cabins and resorts in and around South Lake Tahoe , more than 33, homes and structures remain threatened. Meanwhile, the Dixie Fire, already the second-largest in state history, spread rapidly Wednesday night.
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The U. Department of Labor isn't tracking those decisions because use of the funds isn't within its oversight, according to a spokeswoman. Already, 26 states moved to end most or all federal benefits in June or July, earlier than their official Labor Day cutoff. Their governors, all Republican except for Louisiana's, said enhanced benefits were keeping people from looking for work and holding back the economic recovery by exacerbating labor shortages.
More generous benefits have also led criminals to target the unemployment system with greater frequency. However, available evidence suggests benefits haven't played a big role in hiring challenges.
In states that cut federal benefits in June, about 7 in 8 jobless workers receiving benefits hadn't found work by early August, according to a recent study. In a July Census Bureau data study , Arindrajit Dube, a University of Massachusetts economist, found that adults receiving extra unemployment benefits fell by 2.
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For more information, see How We Make Money. Enhanced federal unemployment benefits are ending on Sept. It will be the largest cutoff of unemployment benefits in history, affecting around 7.
August was a disappointing month for job growth, with the economy adding just , positions , the Labor Department reported Friday. As a result, 8. An additional 2. These recipients will, however, continue to receive state unemployment benefits.
The cutoffs come as employers have been steadily hiring and laying off fewer workers. The number of people applying for jobless aid dropped 14, last week to ,, the Labor Department said Thursday , to the lowest level since the pandemic struck in March of last year. Still, the number of people who will lose financial support starting next week is much higher than during previous cutoffs of expanded unemployment aid.
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