Paid Parental Leave, Unemployment Insurance Reforms Advance in House JUNEAU – The House Labor and Commerce committee unanimously advanced comprehensive legislation (HB 193) to expand unemployment insurance benefits and establish a paid parental leave program, while expanding state-funded training programs and implementing a 20% unemployment insurance tax cut for employers. “Paid parental leave makes Alaska […]
JUNEAU – Friday, the House passed a major win for Alaska’s struggling commercial fishing industry. House Bill 116 allows fishermen to form insurance cooperatives that are exempt from the state’s traditional insurance code. The bill, sponsored by the House Special Committee on Fisheries at the request of the Joint Legislative Task Force Evaluating Alaska’s Seafood […]
One critic said UnitedHealth Group chief executive Andrew Witty should “resign and then dedicate every dollar he has to dismantling the current system brick by brick and building one based on public health in its stead.” UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty wrote in a New York Times op-ed Friday that the for-profit U.S. healthcare system “does not work as […]
(Juneau) – Earlier last week, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Dr. Tamika Ledbetter announced $66.7 million in unobligated CARES Act funding to be deposited into the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund. “Our top priority is to rebuild the solvency while we keep costs low for Alaska […]
