Workers in Indiana were among the millions of federal employees who on Tuesday received a memo offering the option to resign while still receiving pay through September.

Benefits were calculated based on previous earnings with a formula from the Disaster Unemployment Assistance program under the Stafford Act. PUA expired on Sept. 6, 2021, after a total of 79 weeks.

COLUMBUS — Two former Ohio Department of Job and Family Services' intermittent employees are accused of recruiting a document forger to obtain over $300,000 in public unemployment assistance funds.

The Indiana Public Retirement System, which administers the fund, was neutral. But its representatives noted that the benefit ...

What critics say: The proposal faced some opposition, including from the Indiana Association of School Principals. Senate Bill 146: Teacher pay and benefits What it does: Raises minimum salaries ...

(Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle) Ten education bills are already advancing in the early weeks of the 2025 legislative session, including those seeking to improve K-12 student attendance, ...

The indictment accuses Trinh of collecting more than $36,000 in fraudulent benefits. The 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act created the PUA program to provide ...

USA TODAY reported that under current federal guidelines, only certain employees are eligible for severance pay.

Critics of the bill, authored by Republican Rep. Jake Teshka, summed the proposal up as “re-warmed payday lending.” ...

Scott Alexander (R-Muncie), would reduce the current time limit for those on unemployment benefits from 26 weeks to 14 weeks. Rob Henderson is the executive director of the Indiana State Building ...

INDIANAPOLIS (INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE ... guarantee better teacher benefits, and remove “unnecessary or outdated” school regulations. The assortment of House and Senate bills are ...