As the coronavirus rages through Philadelphia, thousands of low-wage workers like Davis are losing their health-care benefits when they lose their jobs. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
As landlords are hoping for the best, renters are taking steps to hold off on payments, ranging from organizing their fellow tenants to negotiate a rent reduction to calling for a mass rent strike. Some are taking cues from companies like Subway and the Cheesecake Factory and alerting landlords they can’t pay, at least until federal relief checks land. Others are crowdfunding to pay their bills or using social media to beg celebrities for cash. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Close to half a million Philadelphians will get direct payouts and more than half a million could be eligible for increased unemployment under the federal coronavirus stimulus program. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Hundreds of low-wage workers are asking Philadelphia lawmakers for financial help as the coronavirus outbreak decimates their already tenuous livelihoods. Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration says the money isn’t there. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
More than a whopping half a million Pennsylvanians have filed new unemployment claims during the last week, according to a state senator briefed by the Department of Labor and Industry. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Employers are laying off thousands of workers or reducing hours across the region with breathtaking speed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The hardest burden, experts say, is falling on lower-income hourly workers with scarce household savings and threadbare safety nets. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
The city is offering emergency grants and up to $100k in zero-interest loans. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Hundreds of low-wage workers at Philadelphia International Airport are losing their jobs because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to the labor unions that represents them. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Philadelphia workers covered under the city’s sick leave law can now use their sick time during a public health emergency, such as the coronavirus pandemic, the Mayor’s Office of Labor announced Monday. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
If you’re out of a job because of coronavirus-related business closures, you could get unemployment or worker’s comp pay. In the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the state has changed requirements so more people will qualify for benefits. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
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