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# covid19 unemployment

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Nobody on the pandemic payment is 'living it up', says Finance Minister

The CEO of Supermac’s said the pandemic payment was like ‘winning the lotto’ for part-time workers.

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May 28th 2020, 4:15 PM

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Department 'inadvertently' emailed 1,700 people telling them their Covid-19 payment was to be stopped

The department said it has now emailed all individuals affected to advise them of the error and reassure them their payment will continue.

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Apr 10th 2020, 8:33 PM