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Despite new COVID-19 restrictions, no one is eligible for the new federal benefit

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Despite new COVID-19 restrictions, no one is eligible for the new federal benefit

SBN Editor

Published on December 22, 2021

There’s a federal benefit intended to help workers caught up in pandemic restrictions. Yet, because of the wording in the legislation, no worker can access it as no region is currently designated as ‘under lockdown.’

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