Nashville Tennessean
Tennessee saw unemployment claims rise in recent weeks as the state department of labor began the rollout of out extended CARES Act benefits and a new program for workers with mixed wages.
Here s what you need to know.
Jobless claims rise following holidays
Jobless claims in Tennessee during the pandemic surpassed 1 million last week, and the number of weekly new claims continues to hover in the double-digits.
During the week ending Jan. 16, 18,237 Tennesseans submitted new unemployment claims, and 49,270 filed weekly certifications to continue their claims. The Tennessee Department of Labor paid 84,047 claims totaling about $66.8 million last week (federal funds covered $59.3 million of these benefit payments).
Jan 25, 2021
01/23/2021
Harrisburg, PA –Today, Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced that payments for the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program in the new federal CARES Act extension will resume the week of January 24. Since receiving the information we needed from the federal Department of Labor two weeks ago, L&I has worked as quickly as possible to update our processing system so PEUC claimants can resume filing for benefits, said Berrier. We know that more than 100,000 Pennsylvanians were actively receiving PEUC when the program ended in December. Our team has worked tirelessly so we can begin issuing payments to the out-of-work claimants and their families who need them during this global pandemic.
Monday, January 25, 2021
On December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA) which modifies or extends to March 14, 2021 many of the relief programs first created in March 2020 by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), including three expanded unemployment insurance benefits programs (which we previously blogged about here) and a new benefit program for “mixed earners”. We provide here a summary of the updates to those programs.
Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation
The CAA includes a modified version of the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program, which expired in July 2020. That program provided an extra $600 per week benefit to anyone receiving state unemployment benefits. The CAA revives the supplement, but reduces the weekly benefit amount to $300. The new FPUC payment is available to recipients of state unemployment benefits from December 26, 2020 through March 14, 2021.
Colorado to start rolling out federal unemployment benefits next week; unemployment rate hits 8.4%
FPUC weekly benefit will be first to roll out
Colorado plans to start rolling out benefits in phases for people eligible for some federal unemployment benefits starting âlate next weekâ and will begin notifying those people early next week, officials with the Department of Labor and Employment said Friday.
By: Blair Miller , Liz Gelardi
Posted at 8:24 AM, Jan 25, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-25 10:24:57-05
DENVER â Colorado plans to start rolling out benefits in phases for people eligible for some federal unemployment benefits starting âlate next weekâ and will begin notifying those people early next week, officials with the Department of Labor and Employment said Friday.
Some people haven’t received their CARES Act unemployment benefits. States have been slow to restart payments in the new year, waiting for directions from the.