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President Biden continued a spate of executive action and on Friday signed an order urging the Labor Department to allow workers to collect unemployment benefits if their jobs they fear endanger COVID-19.
The White House points to a Gallup poll finding that 43% of Americans live in a household where at least one member has an existing condition: ‘The president asks the Department of Labor to consider explains that workers have a federally guaranteed right to refuse work that would endanger their health, and if they do, they will still qualify for unemployment insurance. ”
Usually, workers can only collect unemployment if they are fired or fired in some cases. In some cases, workers who quit their jobs with a “good cause” may reap the benefits. Good things include unsafe working conditions, discrimination in the workplace, harassment, lack of pay or change in duties.
As part of Biden’s $ 1.9 billion coronavirus assistance proposal, federal unemployment for unemployed Americans will be raised to $ 400 a week, compared to the $ 300-a-week boost approved by lawmakers in December.
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Over time, Biden would phase out the higher unemployment benefits, depending on health and economic conditions, and try to avoid a so-called ‘fiscal cliff’ that could give a serious blow to American families who rely on the support. He would extend the income support, which would end in March, by about six months until September 2021.
An additional 900,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits for the first time last week.
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The number is almost four times the level before the crisis, but it is well below the peak of almost 7 million reached when stay-at-home orders were first issued in March. Nearly 70 million Americans, or about 40% of the workforce, applied for unemployment benefits during the pandemic.
The number of people still receiving unemployment benefits dropped to 5,054 million, a decrease of about 127,000 compared to the previous week.
Other Americans receive unemployment benefits from two federal programs introduced by Congress with the adoption of the CARES Act in March: one provides support to self-employed individuals, gig workers, and others who are usually unable to receive benefits, and the other provides assistance to those who have used up their state benefits.
FOX Business, Meghan Henney, contributed to this report.