Title: Expanded Unemployment Benefits And $400 Weekly Unemployment Payments May Be Coming In March
Headings: Expanded Unemployment Benefits And $400 Weekly Unemployment Payments May Be Coming In March
Expanded Unemployment Benefits And $400 Weekly Unemployment Payments May Be Coming In March
What unemployment benefits does the bill include?
How likely is passage of the additional unemployment benefits?
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Could federal unemployment benefits be interrupted?
Who qualifies for the additional $400 weekly unemployment benefits?
Who qualifies for the PEUC extended unemployment benefits?
Who qualifies for the PUA extended unemployment benefits?

Content: The CARES Act passed last year created the PEUC program, which can provide up to 24 weeks of additional benefits to those who’ve been affected by the pandemic and exhausted their state’s regular benefits. If the stimulus bill is signed into law with the current unemployment relief provisions intact, the PEUC program will be extended up to 48 weeks. Those extended PEUC benefits may then be followed by additional weeks of federally funded unemployment benefits in states with high unemployment (up to 13 or 20 weeks, depending on state laws). Fourteen states, as well as Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, were providing additional extended benefits as of this week, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. ( You can see the full list on its site.) Who qualifies for the PUA extended unemployment benefits? The CARES Act also created Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, which was designed to provide benefits to freelancers, gig workers, and others who are working on contract and have lost income as a result of the pandemic. This week, the Labor Department issued new guidance expanding eligibility to collect benefits under the program to also include: Those who opted not to return to work, or who turned down work, because the workplace that was not in compliance with coronavirus health and safety standards. Those who were laid off, or who have had their work hours reduced as a direct result of the pandemic.