The additional $300 in federal weekly unemployment benefits approved by Congress could be in the hands of Ohio workers by the third week in January. We re working as quickly as possible on that, Kimberly Hall, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, told reporters this week.
Congress approved the $900 billion rescue package last month, and President Donald Trump signed it into law Dec. 27.
Beyond the $300 supplemental payments, the legislation extends other pandemic unemployment programs by 11 weeks, carrying them into at least March, depending on the worker s claim.
Those programs include the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program that provides unemployment benefits to workers normally not eligible for them, and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program that provides benefits for those who have exhausted their 26 weeks of regular unemployment benefits.
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Jan 7, 2021 9:53 AM
During the week of Dec. 27 through Jan. 2, a total of 542 initial weekly claims for state unemployment benefits were processed by the Department of Labor and Regulation. This is a decrease of 113 claims from the prior week’s total of 655.
A total of $1.0 million was paid out in state benefits, in addition to $150,000 in Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), $220,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and $175,000 in Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) benefits.
South Dakota began paying the additional $300 weekly FPUC benefit effective week ending Jan. 2. This is a new, extended provision under the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020.
Differentiating Extended Benefits and CARES Act program extensions
DEO has begun implementing additional unemployment benefits, which has brought some confusion for claimants to know what they can apply for. Author: Josslyn Howard Updated: 7:55 PM EST January 6, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The Department of Economic Opportunity began implementing additional unemployment benefits, which has brought some confusion for claimants to know for what benefits they can apply.
Much of the confusion is between the program “Extended Benefits” (EB), and the extension federal CARES Act programs PUA and PEUC.
Extended Benefits
Extended Benefits is a state program that is triggered when the state unemployment rate exceeds 5% and allows up to six weeks in additional benefits.
N.J. unemployment update: Extra $300 checks to begin this week, Labor Department says
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
New Jersey workers collecting unemployment benefits may start to see supplemental $300 checks in their bank accounts as early as next week, the Labor Department announced Wednesday.
The checks are in addition to regular unemployment benefits, and anyone collecting any amount from any federal or state program should receive the benefit, known as the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC).
The supplemental benefit program, which runs from Jan. 2 through March 13, was revived after President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion stimulus package. The program was originally authorized under the CARES Act, which expired on July 31.
Continuing claims, which lag initial claims data by one week, also saw a decrease. There were 5.1 million people who had applied for unemployment benefits for at least two weeks as of the week ended Dec. 26. Thursday’s data showed a 126,000 drop in continuing claims from the week ended Dec. 19.
The number of people receiving benefits under all unemployment programs including two launched in response to the pandemic also fell. The data, which lag behind the initial claims figures by two weeks, showed that there were 19.2 million people receiving benefits for the week ending Dec. 19, down by 419,228 from the prior week.