Feds May Extend Supplemental Unemployment Benefits
New $400 Weekly Federal Unemployment Benefits Look Likely
The House of Representatives released details on Friday explaining what’s in the new COVID relief package. One key aspect extends the supplemental federal weekly jobless benefit through August 29. It also ups the payment to $400 per week (which is on top of state benefits). The bill also extends two pandemic unemployment benefits programs. The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program (for freelancers and other contract workers) will expand to 74 weeks and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (for full-time workers) doubles to 48 weeks.
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About CSA Team
CSA’s Executive Director, Roy Flahive, has worked within the sign industry for more than 50 years. He served an apprenticeship in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), owned his own sign company for almost 30 years and he is well-known and highly respected in the sign industry, having served on numerous boards, including those of the International Sign Association (ISA), San Diego Area Lighting Advisory Council, Arizona Sign Association, Western States Sign Council, San Diego Mayors Sign Code Task Force, and UL’s Industry Advisory Committee. Notably, Flahive has twice been elected President (Chairman of the Board) of CSA and has served over 30 years on that board.
Cheryl Flahive, CSA’s Director of Member Services, has worked within the sign industry for over 33 years; twenty of those years, as vice president of a sign company in southern California. She has served in various administrative roles, from finance to project management, and is dedicated to helping CSA members at all levels.
The CSA Communications Committee, made up of committed industry leaders, works in a behind the scenes capacity, to keep CSA members educated and informed.