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A Single Question Can Delay 20,000 Unemployment Claims Weekly New Jersey officials are urging claimants to visit a tip sheet to better understand the federally mandated questions before filing for unemployment, otherwise they may wait for weeks for their eligibility to be cleared. Sophie Nieto-Munoz, nj.com | February 22, 2021 | News
(TNS) Tens of thousands of unemployment claimants are answering a federally mandated question wrong every week, holding up their own claim, the New Jersey Labor Department said.
“It doesn’t mean they did anything wrong, but these are federally mandated questions we need to ask for weekly certification,” said Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo said during an interview on
By Niv Elis - 12/29/20 09:54 AM EST
Unemployment benefits included in a new COVID-19 relief package will not lapse this week, as anticipated, despite President Trump As states are implementing these new provisions as quickly as possible, the Department does not anticipate that eligible claimants will miss a week of benefits due to the timing of the law’s enactment, a department spokesman told The Hill.
Two key emergency unemployment programs, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), expired on Saturday, a day before Trump signed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill into law.
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Trump delayed signing the bill, which passed in Congress on Dec. 21, complaining that $600 stimulus checks were not large enough.