*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Fixing unemployment insurance and the coronavirus response

*Author: * The Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

*Source:* This fact sheet is a joint project of the Women’s Law Center, the National Employment Law Project, the Economic Policy Institute, the Century Foundation, and the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality Economic Security and Opportunity Initiative.

*Date:* March 23, 2020

*Summary: * The basic UI program, operated by the states with federal oversight; the federal-state Extended Benefits (EB) program; and the Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) program are facing this crisis at one of their weakest points in history.

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