Category: Paychecks & Work
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Walmart’s U.S. workers will pay $39.80 a paycheck for its starting health plan in 2027, up $1.50, with annual enrollment open through November 6
Walmart’s starting medical plan will cost $39.80 per biweekly pay period in 2027, up $1.50, and annual enrollment for the new year runs through Friday, November 6. The company told its 1.6 million U.S. associates about the changes in an October 13 letter. A new $0 prescription tier and paid leave for parents of newborns…
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Amazon’s holiday seasonal staff working 30 or more hours a week become eligible for company health plans starting January 1
Amazon says its seasonal employees who work at least 30 hours a week will be eligible for company health coverage beginning January 1, 2027. The company announced the change on October 20 alongside plans to hire more than 300,000 people for seasonal, part-time and full-time U.S. operations roles. Plans start at $5 a week with…
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Food stamp recipients in Maryland, up to 80,000 of them, now must report work hours
Up to 80,000 more Marylanders on food stamps will have to show they are working, volunteering or in a training program to keep their benefits, according to the Maryland Department of Human Services. The state counts them as additional recipients pulled in by a wider federal work rule. The department explains the change on its…
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White House: nearly 53,000 Kansas farmers got over $735 million in emergency aid
The White House says more than $735 million in emergency aid has reached nearly 53,000 Kansas farmers. The figure comes from a release dated October 19, 2026, which credits the Trump Administration with delivering the money. The numbers are the administration’s own, and the release does not break them down county by county. The payments…
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Social Security lets new retirees undo a claim within 12 months by repaying everything
A new retiree who starts Social Security and then changes course has one way back: cancel the claim within 12 months and repay everything. Social Security’s cancel your benefits application page says a person can “cancel or withdraw your application up to 12 months after your benefit approval.” The page was last updated September 29,…
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Social Security stops withholding benefits for work earnings at full retirement age
Social Security’s earnings limit has an end date for every worker: the month that person reaches full retirement age. Social Security says earnings in and after that month “won’t affect” benefits at all, no matter how much a retiree makes. Before that month, the agency can hold back part of the check. The rule matters…
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SSI recipients with a job should report wages by the 6th of the month after payday, Social Security says, so an overpayment does not build
Anyone who draws Supplemental Security Income and also earns a paycheck has a second date to watch. Social Security says it encourages wages to be reported by the 6th day of the month after the person is paid, four days ahead of the 10th-of-the-month deadline that applies to every SSI change. The 6th appears in…
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MaineCare expansion adults face work requirements at their first 2027 renewal under the 2025 law H.R. 1, plus six-month renewals and one month of retroactive coverage
MaineCare expansion adults will face a new work requirement at their first renewal in 2027, part of changes that take effect January 1, 2027 under the 2025 federal law known as H.R. 1. The same changes move renewals from every 12 months to every six and cut retroactive coverage from three months to one. Maine’s…
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Veterans in VA job training with no dependents now draw $837.23 a month
A veteran in full-time classroom training through the VA’s Veteran Readiness and Employment program, with no spouse or children to count, now receives $837.23 a month in subsistence allowance. The raise took effect October 1, 2026, and it is the Chapter 31 benefit paid to veterans while they train for work. The VA’s fiscal year…
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SSI ignores the first $2,500 a month of a working student’s pay once the 2027 rates start
Supplemental Security Income will set aside more of a working student’s pay in 2027. Social Security’s new figures put the student earned-income exclusion at $2,500 a month, up from $2,410 in 2026. A yearly ceiling of $10,080 sits on top of that monthly limit, so the two numbers work together. What is the SSI student…