Losing a job is never easy. This is especially true if it caught you by surprise or you received little (or no) severance pay from your former employer. Thankfully, unemployment insurance is designed to help alleviate your immediate financial concerns while you look for another job. The pandemic has caused a massive amount of economic turmoil. It resulted in mass layoffs and a huge spike in the number of people applying for unemployment across the country. In fact, over 57 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits since March 2020, with over one million claims every week. Here’s everything you need to know.
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