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13-week program to end, but another safety net to offer 11 more weeks
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) The U.S. Department of Labor informed the Oregon Employment Department that it is turning off Oregon’s Extended Benefits program because of Oregon’s declining unemployment rate.
With this federal decision, up to 13 weeks of EB no longer will be available after Feb. 20.
“Extended Benefits has been an important safety net that has helped many Oregonians make ends meet. Fortunately, the Continued Assistance Act is providing another safety net, and EB claimants will be able to move to the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program for an additional 11 weeks,” said David Gerstenfeld, acting director of the Oregon Employment Department.
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Jan. 31 Question : What is going on with the PEUC extension ? It s been a full month now. And they wouldn t process my EB. I could have been on EB all this time and instead, I am getting nothing ! How do they think people can survive like this ?
Answer : The state
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations had hoped to fully launch the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation extension by the end of January, but that is not happening, as you and thousands of other jobless
Jan 31, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor informed the Oregon Employment Department that it is turning off Oregon’s Extended Benefits (EB) program because of Oregon’s declining unemployment rate. With this federal decision, up to 13 weeks of EB no longer will be available after Feb. 20, 2021.
“Extended Benefits has been an important safety net that has helped many Oregonians make ends meet. Fortunately, the Continued Assistance Act is providing another safety net, and EB claimants will be able to move to the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program for an additional 11 weeks,” said David Gerstenfeld, acting director of the Oregon Employment Department.
If negotiations had been completed earlier and the bill passed sooner, there would have been less of a delay in getting the benefits to workers, Robinson said.
Michele Evermore, senior policy analyst of the Washington, D.C., nonprofit National Employment Law Project, said she was getting calls from state unemployment agencies representatives on Christmas Eve, looking for her help in deciphering the bill language, which wasn t released until Dec. 21.
“I absolutely blame Congress for most of this, she said, along with Trump.
Still, the extent of the delays with implementation seen in Michigan and in states around the country have left unemployment experts scratching their heads.