Stimulus Update Unemployment Pua
Michigan unemployment benefits delayed due to stimulus package timing.
Stimulus update unemployment pua. Also includes in the package is a third stimulus check a. A new stimulus package with changes and extensions for unemployment benefits passed congress december 21 and was signed into law on december 27 2020. Update based on final covid relief bill congressional leaders and eventually president trump have now signed into law the 900 billion second 2020 stimulus package part of the consolidated appropriations act 2021 that includes funding for extending federal pandemic programs pua peuc and providing supplementary unemployment benefits at 300 per week for millions of unemployed or underemployed americans.
People in the program who haven t exhausted their total 50 weeks of. Pua and pandemic emergency unemployment. The new stimulus package continues pua and peuc and renews the federal unemployment bonus for 300 per week rather than 600 through the middle of march.
Tucked into the massive relief package and funding bill approved monday is an extension of pua and peuc. Money will be paid retroactively if necessary. The stimulus package also extends pandemic unemployment assistance pua and pandemic emergency unemployment compensation peuc for 11 weeks through march 13 the labor department said.
The new law provides for up to 11 additional weeks of pua and people can qualify now for up to 57 weeks of benefits. Peuc extends unemployment benefits beyond the traditional 26 week cutoff. The programs were approved for another 11 weeks of eligibility which means people will be able to file claims for eligible weeks through mid march 2021.
That will require updates to the state s unemployment insurance system but. The 100 supplement would be available to individuals who make at least 5 000 a year in self employment income but are disqualified from pua because they receive state unemployment insurance.