Governor Greg Abbott is Ending COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits in Texas
Gov. Abbott is ending the benefits to spark Texans to get back to work.
According to NewsWest 9, starting June 26, 2021 the federal unemployment compensation related to COVID-19 will be coming to an end along with the extra $300 that is being added to those benefits. The governor has announced that as of June 26 of this year, Texas will stop participating in the pandemic unemployment programs through the ARPA which is the American Recovery Plan Act, said James Bernsen, Texas Workforce Commission Deputy Communications Director. If they are on the current state unemployment benefits, they will get that. They wouldn’t get a $300 additional if they are on a federal extension in that state, however. Those benefits would expire. Now, they may be eligible for state benefits. It really kind of depends on a case-by-case basis.
Texas Workforce Commission offers tips for navigating extended unemployment benefits
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) Hundreds of thousands of Texans lost their jobs when Covid-19 hit. More than a year into the pandemic, many are hitting the end of their traditional unemployment benefits. The Texas Workforce Commission is reminding Texans that federal programs are in place to provide assistance. It s not like a typical unemployment situation in which jobs are simply lost, said James Bernsen, deputy director of communications for TWC. People could not even go to work even if they wanted to. Now we ve gotten into a position where a lot of those jobs that were impacted by the shutdowns, a lot of those are coming back and we re seeing improvements in the economy.
Texas Workforce Commission offers tips for navigating extended unemployment benefits
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) Hundreds of thousands of Texans lost their jobs when Covid-19 hit. More than a year into the pandemic, many are hitting the end of their traditional unemployment benefits. The Texas Workforce Commission is reminding Texans that federal programs are in place to provide assistance. It s not like a typical unemployment situation in which jobs are simply lost, said James Bernsen, deputy director of communications for TWC. People could not even go to work even if they wanted to. Now we ve gotten into a position where a lot of those jobs that were impacted by the shutdowns, a lot of those are coming back and we re seeing improvements in the economy.
373,000 possibly fraudulent unemployment claims filed in Texas during pandemic
The Texas Workforce Commission has paid out about $577 million to suspicious unemployment claims made between March 2019 and March 2020.
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One victim of unemployment fraud in Texas has kept a folder of all her correspondence with the Texas Workforce Commission, showing months of her unsuccessfully trying to notify them of the issue. Author: Brad Streicher (KVUE) Updated: 2:31 AM CDT April 29, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) says possibly more than 350,000 fraudulent unemployment benefit claims have been filed between March 2020 and March 2021.
But some Texans facing the aftermath of identity theft also now have to deal with TWC telling them they need to pay back money they never even got in the first place.