We all hear that jobs are being lost to cheaper labor in countries outside of the USA. We rarely hear about follow-up stories about the actual workers that lost their jobs.
Monica Calderon of Southern California was a mid-level senior management professional working in an apparel company. Her company was sold and her division was moved to another country. Because of this, she is eligible to a special unemployment benefits program called The Trade Adjustment Assistance Program.
The TAA program helps workers who have lost their jobs as a result of foreign trade. The TAA program offers a variety of benefits and services to eligible workers, including job training, income support, job search and relocation allowances, a tax credit to help pay the costs of health insurance, and a wage supplement to certain reemployed trade-affected workers 50 years of age and older.
President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act”) on February 17, 2009. The Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009,part of the Recovery Act, made changes to the TAA program.
In general, changes to worker benefits and certification criteria apply only to workers covered by petitions filed on or after May 18, 2009. The exception is that the increase in the amount of the Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC), which provides a tax credit towards health insurance costs, goes into effect beginning with the month of May 2009 and applies to all recipients, regardless of when their petition was filed.
Monica and I talked about what she is doing while she is unemployed.
This is a continuing series. Her other videos can be found at:
Story of a laid-off worker- http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-373608
Taking a Layoff Personally -http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-375481
Healthcare for laid off – http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-375775
Unemployment hidden benefits – http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-375780
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Edwin Duterte of PinkSlipMixers.com is traveling the country asking job seekers what they are doing during the recession, career coaches what a job seeker can do to better their chances to find work and hiring companies what job seekers need to do to get hired at their companies. He also is trying to ask how President Obama’s Stimulus and Job Initiative is helping main street professionals. Edwin Duterte is trying to be one of Oprah Winfrey’s last TV Show guest to keep job seekers motivated to find a new career.
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