Alejandra’s experience is similar to that of more than two dozen Americans thrown out of work during the coronavirus pandemic who Reuters interviewed over the past week. In the past six weeks, states have struggled to process over 33 million jobless claims, more than they typically see in a year. The interviews, to be sure, do not represent a scientific sample of Americans’ experiences with jobless benefit systems. Last week Verse went to the state's unemployment agency office. In response to a request for comment, state officials cited state figures showing that as of Tuesday 43% of the 1.1 million people who applied for unemployment benefits received payments.

Source: bd News24 May 07, 2020 15:11 UTC