The US Department of Labor is underpaying unemployment recipients and both over- and undercounting benefit recipients as they prepare to phase out Covid-19 aid programs, the General Accountability Office has claimed.
Americans receiving expanded unemployment benefits under March’s CARES Act Covid-19 bailout are being systematically underpaid, the GAO alleged in its report published on Monday. While benefits are supposed to be calculated based on how much an individual made at their most recent job, many claimants – especially those who wouldn’t qualify for unemployment benefits under pre-pandemic circumstances – have received only the bare minimum in their weekly checks.
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