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On Saturday, the $380 in weekly jobless benefits Robyn Gregorieff and her husband had depended on for basic needs is getting slashed by 79%, leaving the couple with just $80 a week to live on. She would have been entitled to the larger amount until September if her home state of Alaska didn’t cancel federal unemployment programs early due to mounting concerns over labor shortages. “It makes no sense because the federal government is paying that,” the 43-year-old Gregorieff told Yahoo… Source link

From targeted bullying, indiscreet shaming, cruel nicknames and blatant rejection, Ashlea McKay endured years of nastiness in workplaces where her autism was either unknown, or wildly misunderstood.  During one job before being diagnosed with autism, Ms McKay was given the nickname “Crazy Ash”. It was her colleagues’ way of differentiating her from another worker with the same name.  The 34-year-old from Canberra told Yahoo News Australia she was given the name because she would sometimes… Source link

A woman has been charged with animal cruelty after she threw a dog from the second-floor balcony during a police visit. Police were called to a motel in Daytona Beach Florida on December 14 after the woman reportedly attacked a maid and was seen standing on the railing of the balcony threatening to jump, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. When police arrived at the scene the 35-year-old woman had locked herself in the room. Body cams captured the officers knocking on the door when the… Source link