Unemployed people claiming federal benefits won’t see a one-week gap in their payments, despite the delay in President Donald Trump signing the program extension into law, according to the Department of Labor.
States are implementing the provisions as quickly as possible, and the Labor Department doesn’t anticipate that claimants will miss a week of benefits due to the timing of the new law’s enactment, a spokesman for the Department said in a statement Tuesday.
Trump signed a bipartisan stimulus and government funding bill, which included an 11-week extension of unemployment benefits, into law on Sunday, a day after benefits expired. That prompted concern that jobless Americans would lose out on benefits for the last week of December. Trump held off signing the bill for several days as he demanded bigger stimulus payments for individuals and action on two unrelated issues involving election security and removing a liability shield for technology companies.
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CHARLESTON Gov. Jim Justice praised Monday the signing of a $900 billion coronavirus relief package that also extends the use of previous federal dollars for COVID-19 expenses.
“Thank goodness we passed something,” Justice said. “We have too many people and too many businesses that are really hurting.”
Congress passed a $2.4 trillion omnibus bill Dec. 21 to keep the government funded through the fiscal year, with a $900 billion new coronavirus relief package. Despite releasing a video on social media last week criticizing the two bills, President Donald Trump finally signed both bills Sunday night.
The new coronavirus relief package included $600 direct payments to eligible adults and $600 for every dependent child age 16 or younger in a household; $300 per week in pandemic unemployment benefits for 11 weeks; $284 million for a revamped Paycheck Protection Program for businesses; an extension of the federal eviction moratorium and $25 billion for
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People receiving unemployment benefits in the region may need to wait at least one week before aid resumes after President Trump signed a pandemic relief plan. Author: Tom Dempsey (WUSA) Updated: 4:20 AM EST December 29, 2020
WASHINGTON People receiving unemployment benefits in the region may experience at least a one-week delay in aid after President Donald Trump waited to sign a $900 billion pandemic relief plan on Sunday.
The stimulus plan was passed by Congress earlier this month and extends the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) programs, which assist people who had COVID-19 related job losses or reduction in incomes.