Kansas to continue providing federal unemployment assistance
Kansas Department of Labor
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Kansas will continue administering federal unemployment assistance to people in need in the state, Gov. Laura Kelly s office announced Wednesday.
The announcement comes a day after
On Tuesday, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Missourians would no longer be eligible for the federal unemployment programs beginning on June 12.
Kelly s office said she would monitor the situation closely over the coming months.
âAt this time, Governor Kelly does not intend to end the federal unemployment benefit programs early, Reeves Oyster, press secretary for Kelly s office said. While the Governor will monitor this situation closely over the coming months, her primary focus remains on continuing her a
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Under Missouri’s law, claimants are required to perform and report three work search activities per week. Qualified work search activities include filing an application (online or in-person) with an employer or through job posting sites or attending a job fair, job interview, reemployment service, or skills workshop.
Missouri Job Centers are available to assist unemployed workers with these requirements by providing customized job searches through jobs.mo.gov, job fairs, Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) appointments, workshops, and other training programs.
Employers are encouraged to post job openings on MoJobs. For more information about services available through the Missouri Job Centers, visit jobs.mo.gov.
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The cancellations mean the end of the additional $300 per week federal supplement on unemployment assistance. Thatâs in addition to a $320 per week cap on state unemployment benefits.
The Missouri Department of Labor has already notified the U.S. Department of Labor of its intention to withdraw from federal pandemic-related unemployment programs.
It comes as several other Republican-led states have moved to end the extra $300 per week in COVID-19 pandemic related unemployment benefits, saying the relief is discouraging Americans from heading back into the labor force. Mississippi, Arkansas, South Carolina and Montana have all announced they will halt the extra payments next month.
Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation.
Thousands of Missourians have been receiving the $300 federal checks on top of the state s unemployment benefit of up to $320. Meaning thousands of claimants continue to receive $620 per week or more, said Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Director Anna Hui.
Besides dropping the $300 weekly boosts, the state also will go back to requiring beneficiaries to actively search for a job, whether that s filling out an application, going to a job fair or interviewing for a position.
Missouri is at least the seventh state to announce it will refuse the federal unemployment benefits. Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Montana, South Carolina and Iowa state leaders announced federal unemployment benefits would end for their residents in the coming weeks.
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