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Upon taking office, President Joe Biden, through an executive order, instructed the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL) to review prior guidance on the
availability of an individual to receive unemployment benefits if
the individual has refused to return to work or take new work due
to a fear of contracting COVID-19. On February 25, 2021, the DOL
issued new guidance related to a return to work under a scenario in
which an individual feels unsafe. The DOL also extended
unemployment coverage to educational workers and individuals
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Upon taking office, President Joe Biden, through an executive order, instructed the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to review prior guidance on the availability of an individual to receive unemployment benefits if the individual has refused to return to work or take new work due to a fear of contracting COVID-19. On February 25, 2021, the DOL issued new guidance related to a return to work under a scenario in which an individual feels unsafe. The DOL also extended unemployment coverage to educational workers and individuals impacted by part-time or reduced hours work.
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Upon taking office, President Joe Biden, through an executive order, instructed the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to review prior guidance on the availability of an individual to receive unemployment benefits if the individual has refused to return to work or take new work due to a fear of contracting COVID-19. On February 25, 2021, the DOL issued new guidance related to a return to work under a scenario in which an individual feels unsafe. The DOL also extended unemployment coverage to educational workers and individuals impacted by part-time or reduced hours work.
The DOL’s Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 16-20, Change 5 instructs state unemployment agencies that individuals in the following three circumstances and categories are eligible to receive unemployment benefits:
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On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) into law, providing a long-awaited additional round of economic relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this new law, which resumes Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), also known as the federal bump to state unemployment compensation, may be causing employers concern regarding the difficulty of recalling workers in light of the renewed FPUC.
Earlier in the pandemic, many employers found it difficult to motivate workers to return to work because some low-wage workers were receiving more money from unemployment compensation than their weekly wages. While the $600 FPUC supplement expired on July 31, 2020, the new federal law resumes FPUC for weeks of unemployment beginning after December 26,
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