Advocate JoAnna Vance joins families, parents and caregivers at Capitol Hill to call on Congress to include paid family and medical leave in the Build Back Better legislative package on Nov. 2, 2021. Paul Morigi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Hopes for a federal paid family and medical leave program have dimmed after
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., walks outside of the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill on Dec. 9, 2021. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The “backdoor Roth” tax strategy used largely by wealthy retirement savers and slated to be killed next year has survived — for now. The loophole lets rich 401(k) and
JaruekChairak | iStock | Getty Images Amid all the worrisome news about the omicron variant, there one’s good development: Soon most Americans should be able to pick up at-home Covid tests for free. The Biden administration said earlier this month that those with private health insurance can request reimbursement from their plans for these takeaway
Getty Images Without the child tax credit, Stormy Johnson is worried about having enough to eat. Johnson, 44, works as a student support specialist in Preston County Schools in Kingwood, West Virginia. Since July, she’s been receiving an additional $500 each month through the enhanced child tax credit for her two children, Violet, 14, and
Heading into 2022, many workers are ready for a change. But you don’t have to join the “Great Resignation” and quit to shake things up. You may be able to give your old job a new look with a few small tweaks. As return-to-office plans are pushed back once again with the rise of the
In this article GSBD damircudic | E+ | Getty Images Working Americans rank credit card debt as one of the top challenges to their ability to save for retirement. That’s the finding in a new surveyconducted over the summer by Goldman Sachs that included more than 1,200 people. Melinda Opperman, president and chief relationship officer
Pedestrians stand in line at a Covid-19 mobile testing site at Columbus Circle in New York, on Dec. 5, 2021. Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images Covid cases are spiking in some parts of the U.S., and the highly contagious omicron variant is expected to fuel another virus wave headed into winter. In New York, some
Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images One of the most coveted holiday gifts of the year might be unexpected. Some 65% of Americans want financial investments such as stocks and cryptocurrency as gifts this year, according to a recent survey of more than 2,000 adults from MagnifyMoney. In addition, about one-quarter of those surveyed said