Ralanda Rikkell, a mother of three, has been out of work since March last year. When she scrounged up some part-time hours this month, she was excited to know that between her limited work and continued Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, her financial anxieties would ease a little.
That s no longer the case after a federal revision to Pandemic Unemployment Assistance will leave thousands without aid on Guam. Basically I have to re-strategize everything. I have to start back at square one, she said. Just trying to make ends meet, it s overwhelming.
Employees working reduced hours are no longer qualified for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Guam Department of Labor Director David Dell Isola announced Wednesday. It s an adjustment to the program s extension, which originally granted benefits to both unemployed residents and those who remained employed but worked fewer hours due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Some Floridians finally seeing new $300 unemployment checks after delay
After two weeks, some claims for new payments and extended benefits are going through. Some still havenât.
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Envelopes from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Reemployment Assistance Program are photographed on Nov. 5 in Surfside. [ WILFREDO LEE | AP ]
Published Jan. 11
Two weeks after President Donald Trump signed a new $900 billion federal pandemic relief package, many unemployed Floridians are still waiting on help to arrive.
The new aid, including weekly $300 checks, has been delayed as the state figures out how best to incorporate the new benefits into its unemployment system. But as with the Floridaâs vaccine rollout and plans for rent relief, the lack of details about a timetable for the payments has frustrated users.