CHEYENNE â Unemployment Insurance benefits for many claimants who would not qualify for regular UI are scheduled to expire on Dec. 26 without further action from the U.S. Congress.
Regular UI is not affected by the Dec. 26 deadline. However, those claimants receiving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance or Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation will receive no payments after Dec. 26.
For some claimants, the expiration may come sooner.
PUA and PEUC are available for 39 weeks and 13 weeks, respectively. When those weeks of eligibility are consumed, claimants will no longer receive payments under those programs, even if that date is before Dec. 26.
All payments under PUA and PEUC will cease on Dec. 26, regardless of the number of weeks a claimant has remaining or the balance of funds that would have been available to the claimant. Claims that are in the system before Dec. 26, but which are being delayed due to issues in the claim, will continue to be processed and paid.
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