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Lawsuits seeking to preserve pandemic-era unemployment benefits are increasing as states across the country seek to halt the federal payments so residents will go back to work.
More than two dozen states have sought to upend the federal unemployment payments of $300 a week that Congress extended earlier this year through Sept. 6.
But at least six of the states are facing lawsuits over their moves, and two judges have been sympathetic to the claims thus far.
The latest legal case was filed in Florida this week against state officials and Gov. Ron DeSantis, who announced in May that his state would stop distributing the federal super-charged monthly payments.
“Each of the Plaintiffs have suffered economic hardships because of COVID, have had difficulty finding work and now, with the discontinuation of the [Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation], face even more pressing financial hardships,” the 15-page lawsuit read.
Heather Fulop, one of the plaintiffs, is a single mother who worked as a nurse in a hospital’s NICU, but lost her hours due to the pandemic. Gia Cuccaro, another plaintiff, can’t find work as a paralegal and is about to be evicted.
Lawsuits seeking to preserve pandemic-era unemployment benefits are increasing as states across the country seek to halt the federal payments so residents will go back to work.
More than two dozen states have sought to upend the federal unemployment payments of $300 a week that Congress extended earlier this year through Sept. 6.
But at least six of the states are facing lawsuits over their moves, and two judges have been sympathetic to the claims thus far.
The latest legal case was filed in Florida this week against state officials and Gov. Ron DeSantis, who announced in May that his state would stop distributing the federal super-charged monthly payments.
“Each of the Plaintiffs have suffered economic hardships because of COVID, have had difficulty finding work and now, with the discontinuation of the [Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation], face even more pressing financial hardships,” the 15-page lawsuit read.
Heather Fulop, one of the plaintiffs, is a single mother who worked as a nurse in a hospital’s NICU, but lost her hours due to the pandemic. Gia Cuccaro, another plaintiff, can’t find work as a paralegal and is about to be evicted.
