Tennessee (TN) Enhanced Unemployment Benefit Programs – FPUC, PEUC and PUA – 2021 Benefits Ending Early, Missing Payment News and Updates

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) administers the state’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) program and maintains the IT programs/systems and verification process for filing and paying unemployment insurance claims. This also includes management and payment of the federally funded enhanced benefit programs – PUA, PEUC and FPUC – …

Read more

Are States Making One Time Unemployment Stimulus Payments?

With the expiration of enhanced unemployment benefit programs, many claimants who are struggling to find a job due to local market conditions or for COVID related reasons have been asking if state unemployment agencies will use already allocated stimulus funds to make extra unemployment stimulus payments. However at this stage, …

Read more

The Extra $600 FPUC Weekly Unemployment Benefit Is Really Now $300 in 2021 Under COVID Stimulus Bill

Congressional leaders have passed a circa $900 billion stimulus plan that includes funding for an approximately 11 week extension (Dec 26th 2020 to March 14th 2021) to federal pandemic programs (PUA, PEUC) and additional supplementary unemployment benefits at $300 FPUC per week for millions of unemployed or underemployed Americans who lost their job or income due …

Read more

Maximum Weeks of Regular State Unemployment Insurance Benefits – Extended in 2020 with PUA, PEUC and State High Unemployment Emergency Provisions

Great graphic from the CBPP on maximum unemployment insurance benefit duration (in weeks) by state. Unemployment insurance (UI) benefits are state administered and generally most workers are eligible for UI benefits for between 13 to 26 weeks. But with the enhanced unemployment benefits now available under the CARES act, specifically …

Read more

New Jersey (NJ DOL) Unemployment Benefits and State Stimulus Programs – Updates And Latest News on Missing Pandemic Payments and Retroactive Claim Processing

The NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJ DOL) via the Division of Unemployment Insurance (DUI) manages the state’s unemployment insurance program. This includes retroactive payments for the now expired pandemic unemployment programs. New Jersey ANCHOR property tax rebates Like many states, New Jersey is rolling out a tax …

Read more

Independent Contractors, Self-Employed and Gig Economy Workers Still Facing Long Waits to Get Unemployment Checks Under PUA and $600 FPUC Stimulus Programs

Many self-employed, independent contractors and gig workers who had been made eligible for unemployment insurance benefits under Enhanced Unemployment provisions within the CARES act are still unable to successfully file claims several weeks after the law was passed due to delays in states processing unemployment claims and completing income verification …

Read more

Partial Unemployment for Part Time Workers

See this article for the latest on Partial Unemployment benefits for workers with reduced hours or working part-time. How Do I Apply For Partial Unemployment Benefits? You will have to check your state unemployment website for details, but for example in New York, rules have been updated to allow workers …

Read more