In recent weeks, three states — California, Florida and Texas — have implemented new policies that partly restrict restaurant or bar service. Nine others — Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico and North Carolina — have postponed or slowed reopening plans. Thousands of workers are caught in these rapidly shifting seas, many of them hourly and low-wage service employees, and are now facing unemployment for a second time. This time, many say they’re on even shakier financial ground as they topple into yet another period without a job. The number of people who are continuously receiving unemployment insurance ticked down slightly last week, from 20.5 million to 19.5 million.

Source: Washington Post June 30, 2020 16:59 UTC