Coronavirus response: state offering unemployment benefits to workers quarantined, sidelined by COVID-19

The state will offer emergency unemployment benefits to workers quarantined, sidelined or acting as caretakers for sick loved ones amid the cornonavirus pandemic, which has effectively brought many aspects of daily life to a grinding halt. State officials announced proposals to waive the one-week waiting period for benefits to allow new claims to be paid more quickly.

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