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What could the pandemic relief bill mean for those collecting unemployment?
Unemployment extended? By Chasity Maxie | March 9, 2021 at 7:44 PM CST - Updated March 9 at 7:44 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill now heads back to the House of Representatives. It’s the final stop for approval before it lands on President Joe Biden’s desk.
If the American Rescue Plan is approved, that would mean two temporary federal programs would be extended until September.
The extended benefits would continue through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, or PUA, and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, or PEUC.
“If you’re already receiving benefits, assuming that you remain unemployed and remain eligible for the programs, then you will be able to continue to receive those benefits through September. If you were to file in the future, say you get laid off in the next couple of weeks, again, you would also be eligible to fil
Federal rules end extended unemployment benefits for self-employed
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SPRINGFIELD Because Illinois’ unemployment rate has dropped, federal rules now prohibit individuals from seeking seven additional weeks of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), a new federal effort to cover individuals who did not qualify for regular unemployment and which largely covers those who are self-employed.
According to unemployment data published by the federal government, Illinois’ unemployment rate is now below the threshold for the state’s High Unemployment Period (HUP) to be active, and individuals no longer qualify for additional weeks of benefits provided during HUP.
Under federal law, when a state is in the HUP, there are seven additional weeks added to PUA eligibility, as well as seven additional weeks added to Extended Benefits (EB) eligibility under state law. As a result of Illinois’ unemployment rate dropping, under state and federal law, the se
People protest at Capitol against Kansas Department of Labor
Several tell KMBC they have not received unemployment payments in months Share Updated: 4:29 PM CST Feb 19, 2021
Several tell KMBC they have not received unemployment payments in months Share Updated: 4:29 PM CST Feb 19, 2021
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Show Transcript HEAR THEIR MESSAGE. HERE AT THE KANSAS STATE CAPITOL IN TOPEKA THERE WEREN’T THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TO A PROTEST AGAINST THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUT THOSE THAT DID HAD VERY COMPELLING STORIES. IT’S JUST VERY STRESSFUL. I HAVE THREE KIDS. THIS IS PEOPLE LOSING THEIR LIVELIHOODS THEIR HOMES SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CHECK FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IN MONTHS GOVERNOR KELLY AND HER CONSTITUENTS WANT TO GET TOGETHER AND SEND ME A MORTGAGE PAYMENT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT I DON’T SEE THAT HAPPENING PEOPLE. HOURS A DAY CALLING THE DEPARTMENT’S HOTLINE, BUT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE CALLING THEY CANNOT
Initial daily state and federal unemployment benefit claims appear to be stabilizing in the 4,000 to 5,000 range, according to the latest N.C. Division of Employment Security report Friday.