Unemployment & Severance Rights Watch

Why this is recommended

A benefit increase of $100 a week, a work-search rule that would have cost a claim, a portal outage explained, or a WARN violation worth 60 days of pay is money the member gets only by knowing. The Tab reads fifty agencies weekly.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

Anyone who lost a job this year, anyone who might, and the households living on a claim right now.

When it runs

State labor departments post benefit and rule changes at the start of the week and claims are filed on Mondays

Scope

Unemployment insurance benefit amounts, duration, eligibility, work-search and waiting-week rules by state; claim portal outages and fraud holds; federal and state WARN, severance, final paycheck and non-disparagement rules; COBRA and marketplace special enrollment after job loss; Trade Adjustment Assistance, retraining and reemployment programs; appeal and overpayment rules; Department of Labor rules

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Unemployment benefit amount, duration, eligibility and work-search rule changes by state, claim portal outages and fraud holds, severance, WARN and final paycheck rights, COBRA and health coverage after job loss, retraining and Trade Adjustment programs and appeal deadlines, with the state first and the next step spelled out.

Track job loss rights in the United States. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: unemployment benefit amount, duration, eligibility, work-search and waiting-week changes by state; claim portal outages, fraud holds and identity verification changes; federal and state WARN Act, severance, final paycheck, non-compete and non-disparagement rule changes and enforcement; COBRA, marketplace special enrollment and premium assistance changes after job loss; Trade Adjustment Assistance, retraining, apprenticeship and reemployment program openings; overpayment waiver and appeal rule changes; and Department of Labor rules affecting claimants. Prefer state labor departments, DOL, state legislatures, court documents and established workforce reporting; ignore claim-assistance marketing. Put the state or rule first in the title with the number or date. Use high severity for a benefit change of $50 or more a week, a portal outage over 48 hours, or a rule taking effect within 30 days. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it affects, what to do, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.