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Dec 29, 2020 8:01 AM
Early Monday morning, President Donald Trump signed a bill approving a $900 billion Covid-19 relief package, and Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry is getting ready for extensions for CARES act programs that are expected to help more than 509,000 people in Pennsylvania.
In a news release on Monday, acting L&I secretary Jennifer Berrier said that the state is getting ready for the CARES act extensions of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation programs. The programs, which expired last week, are meant to help assist workers who lost their jobs due to Covid-19 who are not eligible for other unemployment compensation programs, and providing additional weeks of benefits for workers who have exhausted their Unemployment Compensation Benefits. Berrier did say that it may be a while before payments can be made through the programs.
This article originally appeared on MarketWatch.
For people worriedly watching their unemployment benefits dwindle, help is on the way but now the question is precisely when that next wave of money hits bank accounts.
A day after President Donald Trump put aside his misgivings to sign a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill which he days ago called a “disgrace,” unemployment-benefit experts are trying to nail down new questions that are technical in nature, but critical for millions.
These are things like how federal and state labor agencies interpret bill language on effective dates and how quickly state agencies can resume jobless benefits and also layer on a supplemental $300 weekly payout.
Unemployed? Look for 11 more weeks of benefits, plus an extra $300 a week, courtesy of Congress
DEED is doing everything it can to get the federal programs set up and ready to go by Jan. 3. To the greatest extent possible, it will simply move applicants to the program they are eligible for, and they will be able to request benefits (and get paid) on their usual schedule.
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The U.S. Capitol dome is seen at night in Washington on Dec. 17. REUTERS/Erin Scott
Today, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development shared an important update on new federal stimulus legislation.
Mainers Will See a Delay in Federal Unemployment Benefits
Unemployed residents will see a delay of at least a week in their federal benefits, according to the Department of Labor.
The good news is that President Trump signed the bipartisan COVID-19 relief legislation, which will allow for those federal unemployment benefits to continue. However, because of the timing of that signing, those benefits will be delayed for at least a week.
The Maine Department of Labor says Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) ended on December 26th and the legislation was signed by the President on December 27th. The interruption will cause at least a week s delay in people receiving their federal unemployment benefits.
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On December 21, 2020, Congress passed a massive bill (H.R. 133) that would fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2021 while also providing $900 billion in COVID-19 economic relief for employers and individuals. President Trump signed the bill into law on December 27, 2020. Coming in at a total cost of $2.3 trillion and a page count approaching 6,000, in some ways it is easier to explain what is not in the bill, rather than what is covered by the bill. Nevertheless, below are some of the key provisions of the legislation of importance to employers.