Furloughed Workers

• Coronavirus: Montreal-area merchant relieved by federal wage subsidy offer

  Trudeau's promise of a 75 per cent wage subsidy for businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic is welcome news for many merchants who are struggling to stay afloat and keep employees on the payroll.

  Canada

  Mar 27, 2020
  
• Coronavirus: Montreal business owners struggle as revenues dry up amid pandemic

  Tough times are facing many small, independent companies across the country -- one merchant owner in Pointe-Claire is trying to continue paying its employees.

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2020
  
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• Many U.S. gov’t workers still waiting for back pay two weeks after shutdown ended

  The government has been short on details about how many people are still waiting to be paid.

  World

  Feb 6, 2019
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• Millionaire Wilbur Ross suggests furloughed workers use loans, not food banks amid shutdown

  Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is one of the richest people in President Donald Trump's Cabinet.

  World

  Jan 24, 2019
• ‘I couldn’t believe it’: Wife of furloughed U.S. government worker wins $100K Virginia lottery

  An estimated 800,000 federal workers missed their pay cheques on Friday due to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

  Politics

  Jan 13, 2019