Bill McCamley
As Congress continues to debate a relief bill that could extend a pair of much-used federal unemployment programs into 2021, New Mexico Workforce Solutions Secretary Bill McCamley said the state would work quickly to put the programs back in place once it gets federal guidance.
The roughly hour-long webinar is posted on the state workforce department’s YouTube page.
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During a virtual town hall earlier this week, McCamley provided an update on the two federal programs slated to disappear after the week of Dec. 26 and the workforce department’s efforts to send out a $1,200 one-time benefit to unemployed New Mexicans.
New Mexico allows more people in businesses in cold weather
December 16, 2020 GMT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) More people will be allowed inside grocery stores and other essential businesses as New Mexico on Wednesday amended its public health order on the coronavirus to address waiting lines as frigid temperatures take hold across the state.
Lines have formed outside grocery stores and other retailers for weeks following Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s order that capacity be limited at establishments as a way to curb the spread of COVID-19. She has said the tough measures have helped to reduce new infections. However, deaths and hospitalizations related to the pandemic remain high.
Unemployment compensation programs end Dec. 26, 2020
Headlight staff reports
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) will begin issuing the $1,200 one-time supplemental unemployment compensation benefit to eligible claimants during the week of December 14th. This stimulus payment will be made before many Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants will see their benefits end on or before December 26, 2020, according to federal program guidelines.
The supplemental Worker Pandemic Benefit (WPB) will be sent to claimants’ preferred payment method as a separate payment in addition to their weekly unemployment benefits. Claimants may revise their payment method at any time by logging in to their UI account and selecting “View and Maintain Account Information” in the left-hand menu and then selecting “Payment Method Options and Tax Information.”
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As many as 130,000 New Mexicans collecting unemployment benefits will see an extra $1,200 state stimulus in their payments during the week starting Monday.
The state Department of Workforce Solutions announced Friday the payments would be made to people who qualified for jobless benefits Nov. 22-28 or Nov. 29-Dec. 5, as well as to claimants who exhausted their benefits between Sept. 12 and Nov. 5.
The Worker Pandemic Benefit is part of the $330 million economic relief package passed Nov. 24 by the Legislature to help residents and small-business owners who have been squeezed by during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The money comes from the federal CARES Act that was distributed to states in spring.