FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) - The Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance announced they have started paying extended Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation.
WASHINGTON More closures due to the fight against community spread of the coronavirus led to a 35% increase in combined applications for state and federal jobless aid in the week ending Jan. 9, compared to the week before, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. BLS said 1.
VEC: Renewed CARES Act unemployment benefit programs delayed
VEC: Renewed CARES Act unemployment benefit programs delayed By Karina Bolster | January 15, 2021 at 12:55 PM EST - Updated January 15 at 6:13 PM
HENRICO Co., Va. (WWBT) - The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) says there has been a delay in implementing the unemployment benefit programs through the âContinued Assistance to Unemployed Workers Act of 2020â.
On Jan. 6 the VEC released a general timeline for when Virginians may be able to receive these extended benefits for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation.
Legislation signed by President Trump on Dec. 27, 2020 allowed all of the CARES Act unemployment compensation programs to be extended for an additional 11 weeks through March 13, 2021.
Extra unemployment benefits not yet released for Kansas, some in Missouri
New stimulus package promised $300 weekly in federal supplement Share Updated: 4:58 PM CST Jan 13, 2021
New stimulus package promised $300 weekly in federal supplement Share Updated: 4:58 PM CST Jan 13, 2021
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Show Transcript BUT AS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER KANSAS CITY ARE STILL WAITING FOR THAT EXTRA MONEY. TO SIT THERE AND SPEND ALL DAY LONG ON THE PHONE, I MEAN HUNDREDS OF CALL MATT: DENISE GERMAN HAS TRIED FOR WEEKS TO GET HELP FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, WITHOUT SUCCESS. I KNOW I’M IN A VERY LARGE POOL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. MATT: SHE’S ESPECIALLY CONCERNED, SINCE ALMOST THREE WEEKS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE SECOND STIMULUS GAVE PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED EXTRA MONEY. TONIGHT, AT LEAST 20 STATES, INCLUDING MISSOURI, HAVE ALREADY STARTED PAYING AN EXTRA $300 PER WEEK IN CERTAIN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS BUT KANSAS HAS NOT. A SPOKESPE