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Iowa next month will stop offering unemployment benefits worth hundreds of dollars a week for people without a job, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday, although Congress had approved the additional pandemic jobless aid through September.
Starting June 12, Iowans will no longer be able to receive Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation or Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation. The first program added $300 a week in aid beyond the usual state jobless benefits. Other federal programs lengthened the number of weeks people would be eligible and extended aid to people who otherwise would not qualify, such as freelancers. The programs do not expire nationally until Sept. 4.
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In a news release, the governor noted business owners are struggling to recruit and retain workers because those employees are receiving more on unemployment than they would while working.
Effective June 19, 2021, the three federal programs will end in Idaho, including the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation or FPUC, which provides an additional $300 weekly payment; the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance or PUA that benefits those who would not usually qualify for unemployment, like the self-employed and others; and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation also known as PEUC which extends benefits once regular benefits have been exhausted.
In addition, Idaho recently reinstated the pre-pandemic work search requirements for unemployment insurance claimants to help get workers back on the job. The work search requirement means Idahoans who are out of work and collecting unemployment benefits must look for full-time employment. The requirement was lifted dur
Gov. Kay Ivey.
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Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Monday that the state was halting its participation in federal unemployment benefits starting June 19. We have announced the end date of our state of emergency, there are no industry shutdowns, and daycares are operating with no restrictions. Vaccinations are available for all adults. Alabama is giving the federal government our 30-day notice that it s time to get back to work, Ivey said in a press release.
Alabama is also resuming its work-search requirements for recipients, which had previously been paused throughout the pandemic.
The average weekly benefit in Alabama amounted to $283 in March. Its unemployment rate stands at 3.8%, higher than the 2.8% it had in February 2020.