Delays for unemployment benefits persist, more than a year into pandemic
Around 38% of applicants hadn't received a "timely" first payment of benefits in June, according to Labor Department data. Some waited more than two months.
About 38% of workers who got their first payment of benefits in June had waited more than 21 days for the funds to arrive, according to Labor DepartmentThree weeks is the official barometer for a "timely" payment of benefits. "Delays are unfortunately way too common," according to Andrew Stettner, an unemployment expert and senior fellow at The Century Foundation, a progressive think tank. "Twenty-one days is a high standard.
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