Lost Job? What a Worker Needs to Know ; Unemployment Raises Plenty of Questions - Here Are Some Answers to Some of the Frequently Asked Ones.
Portland Press Herald › April 06, 2009
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As the recession results in business closures, bankruptcies and thousands of layoffs, a growing number of jobless Maine residents are left with questions about their rights and their former employers' responsibilities.
Maine's February unemployment rate reached 8 percent as the state lost another 2,600 jobs. For the year ending in February, the state lost 15,500 jobs across all economic sectors.See the full content of this document
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Lost Job? What a Worker Needs to Know ; Unemployment Raises Plenty of Questions - Here Are Some Answers to Some of the Frequently Asked Ones.
Back pay, unemployment benefits, health care and retirement plans are some topics that dislocated workers may have to deal with.
But similar questions are also running through the heads of workers who still have jobs. Forty-four percent of Americans are very concerned that they or someone in their household will be laid off in the next year, according to a CBS News poll conducted in early Feb...See the full content of this document
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