‘Unemployment compensation on steroids’: Relief package will boost benefits by $600 a week

Published March 25, 2020 1:39pm ET



The $2 trillion bipartisan pandemic relief deal reached early Wednesday morning will massively expand unemployment insurance, effectively turning it into four months of salary replacement for many workers sidelined by the coronavirus.

The provision will add a flat $600 a week to unemployment benefits, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday, and flow to a broader range of unemployed workers.

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