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  • About The Jobs Group
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    • Jobs Umbrella Multi-donor Trust Fund
    • Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE)
    • KNOMAD Migration Partnership
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  • Learn
    • Toolkits
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    • Jobs and Development Conference
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Daily Archives: April 21, 2020

#6 Unemployment Insurance in the Time of Crisis – and Beyond

Jobs and COVID-19 SeriesBy Galina KalvatchevaApril 21, 2020

Author: Michael Weber
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has caused record levels of unemployment benefits claims. In the US, new claims reached an historic high of 6.9 million in the week ending March 28. The following week another 6.6 million filed claims, the peak of the 2008/2009 financial crisis.

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