federal unemployment benefits

Lawsuit contends ending benefits hurt workers and the SC economy

Lexington County Chronicle August 26, 2021 A business group wants federal unemployment benefits reinstated. SC Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Beatty has approved the filing of a friend of the court brief challenging the legality of the state ending federal unemployment benefits. Gov. Henry McMaster and Daniel Ellzey, SC Department…

Brief filed detailing economic and small business harm from early ending of federal pandemic unemployment benefits in SC

Press Release Contact: Marie Claire Tran-Leung Shriver Center on Poverty Law 312-307-3467 marieclairetran@povertylaw.org Frank Knapp Jr. South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce 803-600-6874 fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC, August 26, 2021—Today Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty for the South Carolina Supreme Court, approved the filing of an Amicus Brief supporting a…

Santa or Grinch and small business lending craters

Republicans in the U.S. House decide to be either Santa or the Grinch this holiday season when they vote later today on whether to agree with the Senate’s bipartisan plan to extend payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits for two months. This is a big deal for small businesses.  If…