Title: What to know about unemployment benefits if you're laid off again
Headings: You may get laid off again. Here’s what to know about your unemployment benefits
You may get laid off again. Here’s what to know about your unemployment benefits
Key Points
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Amount of benefits
A year of unemployment benefits
What happens when the ‘benefit year’ ends?

Content: They could theoretically get 50% of their benefit (i.e., $190 a week) for double the time (52 weeks). Zoom In Icon
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However, not all states operate their programs this way, O’Leary said. (One important note: The CARES Act, a federal coronavirus relief law enacted in March, supplements state benefits with an extra $600 a week. These payments, which are funded by the federal government and lasted through July 31, don’t increase the size of one’s unemployment “bank account.”) A year of unemployment benefits
The CARES Act and other rules mean people can get benefits over a much longer period of time than is typically the case. The law funds an additional 13 weeks of benefits for unemployment recipients. This extension, called Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation, expires at the end of 2020. States also have rules, which predate the CARES Act, that offer “extended benefits” during periods of high unemployment in their state. Most states have triggered these additional benefits, typically around 13 extra weeks, Evermore said.