{"id":1865,"date":"2020-03-19T12:17:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T19:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2020-05-21T21:59:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T04:59:25","slug":"state-unemployment-benefits-must-be-modified-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/news\/state-unemployment-benefits-must-be-modified-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"State unemployment benefits must be modified for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump has signed the first economic policy in response to COVID-19, the Families First Coronavirus Act to provide important relief to many Arizona families who work for private employers with less than 500 employees or the government.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Doug Ducey must issue an emergency order to temporarily waive rules regarding the state&#8217;s Unemployment Insurance program to access some of the funding made available in the act. This will help workers who lose their jobs, are furloughed, face diminished hours or need to miss work due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: On March 20th Gov. Ducey\u00a0issued the <a href=\"https:\/\/azgovernor.gov\/governor\/news\/2020\/03\/governor-ducey-expands-access-unemployment-insurance-and-extends-income-tax\" target=\"_blank\">executive order<\/a> that GCI had desired.\u00a0 But Arizona still needs to significantly <a href=\"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/arizona-needs-to-address-unemployment-compensation-to-ensure-families-are-protected-before-the-next-recession\/\" target=\"_blank\">improve raise benefits caps and lower the threshold for benefits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #de00ed;\">MAY 22nd UPDATE: Check out <a title=\"GCI Recommendations on UI Reform\" href=\"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GCI_UI-recommendations-press_conf_presentation-5.22.2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">GCI Slideshow<\/a> on State Unemployment Insurance from Press Conference.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GCI-COVID-19-Coverage-Grid-March-19-2020.pdf\">GCI&#8217;s situation grid<\/a> to see what programs might apply to you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump has signed the first economic policy in response &hellip; 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