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Unemployment Insurance

People who work hard and play by the rules deserve help during tough times. That’s why Policy Matters Ohio pushes for a solvent and well-funded unemployment compensation system.

Testimony on HB 33 before the Senate Health Committee

May 11, 2023

Testimony on Senate Bill 302 before the House Technology and Innovation Committee

December 13, 2022

Testimony before the Unemployment Compensation Modernization & Improvement Council, Dec. 1, 2022

December 01, 2022

Testimony on amendments to Senate Bill 302 before the Senate Insurance Committee

November 16, 2022

A ray of hope for low-paid workers

October 27, 2022

Testimony on Senate Bill 302 before the Senate Insurance Committee

May 18, 2022

Testimony on Senate Bill 228 before the Senate Insurance Committee

December 15, 2021

Unemployment compensation for low-paid workers

October 18, 2021

BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE POLICY MATTERS OHIO, AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS COUNCIL, NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT, WILLIAM E. SPRIGGS, ECONOMIC POLICY

August 16, 2021

Testimony before the Unemployment Compensation Modernization and Improvement Council on its draft report

August 05, 2021

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Unemployment Insurance

Testimony on HB 33 before the Senate Health Committee

Testimony on Senate Bill 302 before the House Technology and Innovation Committee

Testimony before the Unemployment Compensation Modernization & Improvement Council, Dec. 1, 2022

Testimony on amendments to Senate Bill 302 before the Senate Insurance Committee

A ray of hope for low-paid workers

Testimony on Senate Bill 302 before the Senate Insurance Committee

Testimony on Senate Bill 228 before the Senate Insurance Committee

Unemployment compensation for low-paid workers

BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE POLICY MATTERS OHIO, AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS COUNCIL, NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT, WILLIAM E. SPRIGGS, ECONOMIC POLICY

Testimony before the Unemployment Compensation Modernization and Improvement Council on its draft report

Testimony before the Unemployment Compensation Modernization & Improvement Council

­­Tidings of joy for 300,000 Ohioans?

Testimony on SB 282 before the Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions Committee

Trump’s “lost wages assistance” and Ohio

New testimony on HB 614 before the House Ways & Means Committee

Testimony on SJR 4 before the Senate Finance Committee

Testimony on HB 614 before the House Ways & Means Committee

Clarify “suitable work” and “good cause” as applied in Ohio’s Unemployment Compensation Program’s COVID-19 work refusal policy

Testimony on HB 158 before the Senate Finance Committee

Testimony on HB 382 & HJR 4 before the House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee

Policy Matters Testimony on HB 382

Testimony on HB 382 and HJR 4 before the House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee

Protecting Unemployment Compensation in Ohio

Agreement reached on unemployment compensation

Testimony: Lawmakers should not cut weeks of unemployment benefits

The fictional unemployment "lifestyle"

Cutting unemployment weeks hurts job seekers, employers and communities

Testimony: Better plan needed for unemployment compensation system

Ohio newspapers pan unemployment compensation bill

Testimony: Unemployment bill should be spiked

Here's how bill would slash Ohio unemployment benefits

Testimony: Getting unemployment benefits harder for many with online-only filing

Unemployment Compensation covers only 1 in 5 of Ohio’s jobless

Sequestration cuts benefits to Ohio unemployed, even as more long-term jobless will qualify for U.S. aid

Ohioans Face Tough Test to Receive Unemployment Benefits

Unemployment Compensation in Ohio

20,000 Ohioans will lose unemployment benefits this month

Courting Crisis: Ohio Policy has Undermined Unemployment Compensation Fund

Less Than Two Months Until Ohio Loses $176 Million for Unemployment Compensation

Less Than One Year Left Until Ohio Loses $176 Million for Unemployment Compensation

Without Congressional Action, Nearly 100,000 Ohioans Will Lose Jobless Benefits in June

Unemployment Tax Rate Cut: Fund Is Broke

Legislative Briefing on Unemployment Compensation

Testimony to Postal Regulatory Commission regarding Post Office closings in Ohio

Stimulus for Ohio: U.S. Unemployment Compensation Aid

Additional Benefits Approved for Unemployed Ohioans

Why Ohio’s Unemployment Compensation Fund is Going Broke, and What We Should Do About It

Ohio Still Excludes Many from Unemployment Compensation

Policy Matters Testifies on Unemployment Compensation and Social Security, April 2007

Ohio Excludes Many from Unemployment Compensation

A Proposal to Protect Jobless Older Ohioans

Unemployment Compensation: You Must Make Even More to Qualify in 2006

Policy Matters Testifies on Unemployment Compensation Tax Avoidance

Unemployment Compensation: You Must Make More to Qualify in 2005

Unemployment Compensation in Ohio: Protecting a Critical Safety Net for Working Families and the Economy

Unemployment Isn't Working: A Proposal to Better Insure Ohio's Workers

Unemployment Isn't Working: A Proposal to Better Insure Ohio's Workers

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Tidings of joy for 300,000 Ohioans?