Sequestration Slashes Benefits For The Long-Term Unemployed

Sequestration Slashes Benefits For The Long-Term Unemployed: The long-term unemployed, those who have been out of work for 27 weeks or more, are seeing a big reduction in unemployment benefits thanks to sequestration, according to a new report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP). Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) benefits, which help workers after they exhaust state-level programs around 26 weeks, [...]/p