The Suburban Times

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Washington extends unemployment safety net to help federal workers working full- or part-time without pay

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Submitted by Employment Security Department.

Governor Jay Inslee and Commissioner Suzi LeVine Thursday announced an emergency rule allowing federal workers working without pay to receive unemployment benefits.

Workers can learn how to apply here: esd.wa.gov/unemployment-benefits-related-to-partial-federal-shutdown#NEW

The Employment Security Department has posted data about the estimated number of workers impacted by county, including estimates of lost wages by week.

The agency also has data from the National Association of State Workforce Agenciesshowing the estimated number of employees by affected federal agency in Washington.

Comments

  1. I recently fell 3 very large fir trees and would like to donate the wood to those government workers who have been impacted by the government shut down.