Gov. Murphy not saying if he will extend expiring virus-related unemployment benefits
Pandemic-related unemployment benefits are set to expire for half a million New Jersey residents after the first week of September.
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Aug 25, 2021, 9:14 AM
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494ds agoPandemic-related unemployment
benefits are set to expire for half a million New Jersey residents after the
first week of September.
Gov. Phil Murphy
has not said if the benefits will be extended.
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Last week, President Joe Biden
said states with an unemployment rate higher than the national average of 5.4% could
use their relief funds to extend the benefits.
New Jersey's unemployment
rate is 7.3%, which is tied for the fifth highest in the country behind Nevada, New York, New Mexico and
California.
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