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Jan 7, 2021 9:53 AM
During the week of Dec. 27 through Jan. 2, a total of 542 initial weekly claims for state unemployment benefits were processed by the Department of Labor and Regulation. This is a decrease of 113 claims from the prior week’s total of 655.
A total of $1.0 million was paid out in state benefits, in addition to $150,000 in Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), $220,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and $175,000 in Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) benefits.
South Dakota began paying the additional $300 weekly FPUC benefit effective week ending Jan. 2. This is a new, extended provision under the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020.
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$300 in additional unemployment benefits available for those affected by pandemic
By: John Riley
and last updated 2021-01-07 20:50:33-05
HELENA â Montana has begun paying an additional $300 to individuals on unemployment during the pandemic.
The Montana Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) is able to offer the Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefit through the passage of the recent federal legislation the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020.
DLI began paying the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Benefit (FPUC) benefit on Tuesday, Jan. 5. $3.2 million in FPUC payments were made at that time.
Under the legislation, all eligible claimants will receive the additional $300 per week unemployment payment. FPUC benefit payments are fully federally-funded and the funds are added to the recipientâs state weekly benefit amount.
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For those claimants who received a weekly benefit payment for week ending Dec. 26 from the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program or the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program with funds still available in their claim, eligible payments will be released next week without a lapse in unemployment benefits. The new $300 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) will also be issued to eligible claimants receiving at least $1 in weekly regular state UI, PUA, PEUC, or State Extended Benefits beginning with first payable week ending Jan. 2, 2021.
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