Indiana to end all federal pandemic unemployment benefits, including extra weekly $300
Indiana plans to end its participation in all federally funded pandemic unemployment insurance programs next month.
Popular Searches There are help wanted signs posted all over Indiana, and while our economy took a hit last year, it is roaring like an Indy 500 race car engine now. I am hearing from multiple sector employers that they want and need to hire more Hoosiers to grow, Holcomb said.
Indiana will pull out of four different programs effective June 19, including one that gives a $300 add-on to those getting unemployment money:
Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), which provides a $300 weekly add-on to recipients of unemployment insurance
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FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb delivers his State of the State address virtually, in Indianapolis. Gov. Holcomb asked a court Tuesday, April 27, 2021, to block a new law that legislators passed giving themselves more authority to intervene when the stateâs chief executive declares an emergency. The measure establishes a new process under which legislative leaders can call the General Assembly into what it calls an âemergency session.â The governorâs lawsuit argues that the Legislature is âusurping a power given exclusively to the governorâ under the Indiana Constitution to call lawmakers into a special session.
Indiana to end federal pandemic unemployment insurance benefits
NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric Holcomb said today that Indiana will end its participation in all federally funded pandemic unemployment insurance programs effective June 19 – including the extra $300 a week in federal benefits.
Indiana joins a growing list of states taking benefits from unemployed Hoosiers.
“There are help wanted signs posted all over Indiana, and while our economy took a hit last year, it is roaring like an Indy 500 race car engine now. I am hearing from multiple sector employers that they want and need to hire more Hoosiers to grow,” Holcomb said. “We have a myriad of work options in every region of our state with many more coming online every week.”