Time running out to apply for extra $300 payment for some unemployed workers
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
Posted Dec 24, 2020
Time is running out for individuals unemployed in August or early September to apply for up to $300 extra in jobless benefits from the federal Lost Wages Assistance program. The deadline is 9:59 p.m. Friday.
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Individuals who were unemployed or partially unemployed for six weeks in August and September due to COVID-19 are eligible to receive up to $300 a week extra in jobless benefits but the opportunity to apply for that aid is ending soon.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency set 9:59 p.m. Friday as the deadline for applying for the Lost Wages Assistance program, according to state Department of Labor & Industry Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier. Claims submitted after this deadline will not be approved per the federal government’s direction.
Des Moines Register
From money for shuttered performance venues to aid for farmers, Iowans are looking forward to receiving long-awaited help from a $900 billion coronavirus stimulus package that won congressional approval this week.
The sweeping package comes more than nine months into the coronavirus pandemic, sending millions of Americans direct payments and providing a fresh round of forgivable loans to thousands of small businesses struggling to stay open.
Congress, which had been negotiating over a second stimulus package since late summer, approved it late Monday though unexpected objections President Donald Trump raised late Tuesday, as he demanded larger payments to individuals, cast uncertainty on when the bill will take effect and whether it could undergo further revisions.
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Late on December 21, 2020, Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package (referred to herein as the “Act”), which extends and modifies several provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (also known as the “CARES Act”) enacted in March 2020. As with the CARES Act, this Act covers a wide range of subjects, including payments to individuals and families depending on income, expanded unemployment benefits, and a number of employment, tax, and commercial provisions impacting business. This summary highlights provisions of the Act affecting employers and employee benefits.