Time running out to apply for extra $300 payment for some unemployed workers
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
Posted Dec 24, 2020
Time is running out for individuals unemployed in August or early September to apply for up to $300 extra in jobless benefits from the federal Lost Wages Assistance program. The deadline is 9:59 p.m. Friday.
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Individuals who were unemployed or partially unemployed for six weeks in August and September due to COVID-19 are eligible to receive up to $300 a week extra in jobless benefits but the opportunity to apply for that aid is ending soon.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency set 9:59 p.m. Friday as the deadline for applying for the Lost Wages Assistance program, according to state Department of Labor & Industry Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier. Claims submitted after this deadline will not be approved per the federal government’s direction.
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