The state agency in charge of Minnesota’s unemployment assistance program wasted no time in “getting checks in the mail” after the recent federal stimulus bill was signed into law.
Answers to some of your unemployment questions as second stimulus programs roll out
Published: January 7, 2021 4:48 PM EST
Updated: January 7, 2021 5:46 PM EST
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A new year brings with it fresh questions related to unemployment.
Many of you are writing in to WINK News about payments, a lack of them, or partial payments. There are questions about Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) those are the unemployment programs continued in the stimulus bill on top of the new programs, Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) and Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC).
Lindsey Bates wrote in saying she was collecting PUA, and then she was asked to apply for the Extended Benefits program. She asked, “Now my claim says my claim status is suspended but I am monetarily eligible. What does all this mean?”
From Staff Reports
Jan 6, 2021
The Department of Labor has issued guidelines to assist the Texas Workforce Commission in the implementation of the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020.
Payments under this legislation are authorized for the payment week ending Jan. 2, 2021. The act will provide up to 11 additional benefit weeks to Texans on Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation.
CAA extends the unemployment benefits claim programs created under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Key provisions of the act include:
The Dec 26, 2020 deadline for expiration of CARES Act benefits has been extended to March 13, 2021.
The legislation includes an extra $300 per week for eligible claimants who are unemployed and receiving benefits during the covered weeks.
Posted By: Nathaniel Polley January 8, 2021 @ 6:46 am Local News, News
Another $300 of Federal unemployment aid will be available soon according to the Missouri Department of Labor.
The aid is available to anyone receiving at least $1 of unemployment already. You do not need to take any additional action to receive the payment.
The full press release by the Department of Labor can be read below.
Jefferson City – The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations’ (DOLIR’s) Division of Employment Security (DES) this week began processing $300 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) payments to eligible unemployed workers under the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020.