Unemployed in Colorado await additional federal assistance Published
Unemployed in Colorado await additional federal assistance
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Experts are weighing in on unemployment in Colorado as we near the end of 2020.
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) reported the unemployment rate was 12.2 percent at the height of the pandemic in April the highest rate on record.
The CDLE reported the unemployment rate was 6.4 percent as of November still more than twice as high as it averaged for all of last year.
Sunday, President Donald Trump signed a COVID-19 relief package into law to provide more financial assistance to people unemployed because of the pandemic.
Floridaâs unemployment âquarter changeâ returns; hereâs what it means
Job seekers will have to answer a few questions before claiming federal benefits in 2021.
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A help wanted sign is posted at a Designer Eyes store at Brickell City Centre in Miami on Nov. 6. [ LYNNE SLADKY | AP ]
Published Dec. 30, 2020
A quarterly wrinkle of Floridaâs unemployment system is about to return â and it could affect millions of dollars in federal benefits.
Starting Friday, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity will once again require residents receiving state benefits to log into its unemployment system, CONNECT, and reaffirm that theyâre also eligible for federal benefits related to the coronavirus pandemic. That includes Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, which covers gig workers and the self-employed; and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation, which extends the window in which one can claim benefits.
Dec 30, 2020
CTDOL is working with federal partners to make the transition as easy as possible for CARES Act claimants whose benefits expired prior to the President’s signature on the new legislation.
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December 29, 2020: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Department of Labor Commissioner Kurt Westby today provided an update on the Emergency Coronavirus Recovery Act of 2020, known as the CARES Act extension. The law protects Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) programs; allocates an additional $300 per week benefit for all claimants for up to 11 weeks; extends the interest waiver for Trust Fund borrowing; and continues 100% federal funding for the Shared Work program.
New York State Team
ALBANY – More than 1.7 million New York residents should not see any lapse in their federal unemployment benefits and can expect to see an extra $300 payment beginning next week, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo s administration.
Cuomo announced Tuesday that the state Department of Labor is in position to distribute newly extended federal unemployment payments next week, covering the weekly pay period ending Jan. 3.
The state will also be able to distribute an extra $300 weekly payment next week to each person receiving state or federal unemployment benefits, the first week allowed by the new $900 billion COVID-19 relief package approved by Congress and President Donald Trump.
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Cuomo says the state Labor Department prepared for a potential problem and took proactive steps to make sure benefits didn’t skip a week.
The benefits include the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation that provides New Yorkers receiving unemployment benefits an additional 300-dollar weekly payment.
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The Goveror says New yorkers may be eligible for an additional 100-dollars a week through the Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation program. That plan is for individuals who earned at least five-thousand dollars a year in self-employment income but are disqualified from getting larger Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. The state Department of Labor will provide more information as it becomes available.