Temporary Extension of Unemployment Benefits: Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC0. Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress. The Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC0. P. L. 1. 10- 2. 52 and has been amended by P. L. This new temporary unemployment insurance program provides up to 2. UC) benefits. A second tier of benefits exists in states with a total unemployment rate of at least 6% and provides up to an additional 1.
EUC0. 8 benefits (for a total of 3. EUC0. 8 benefits.) The program effectively began July 6, 2. March 2. 8, 2. 00. No EUC0. 8 benefit will be paid beyond the week ending August 2. As proposed by the House of Representatives, the American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Plan has proposal has an almost identical provision. It is expected that the Senate stimulus proposal will also have a similar provision. As proposed by the House of Representatives, the American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Plan contains a provision to extend the EUC0.
CY2. 00. 9. This report will be updated to reflect current congressional action or programmatic changes. Individuals should contact their state’s unemployment agency to obtain information on how to apply for and receive EUC0.
Alabama Unemployment Extension. Alabama Benefits; Application; Benefit Questions. Alabama’s unemployment rate is 6.9%. EUC 2013 Program Extension FAQs 1. What does the extension of the EUC Program mean? The Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC). If your benefits exhausted in the EUC08 Program, you will not be eligible to receive. Announcement Regarding States Triggering ``Off\'\' in the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08) Program and the Federal-State Extended Benefits (EB) Program Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC) Program1. 110-252 (Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008) signed on June 30, 2008 established the EUC08 program. The program was expanded on November 21.
Department of Labor maintains a website with links to each state’s agency at http: //www. Emergency Unemployment Compensation........................................... How Does an Eligible Individual Receive the EUC0. Benefit?....................... How Much is an Eligible Individual’s Weekly EUC0. Benefit?...................... What is the Duration of an Eligible Individual’s EUC0.
- The EUC08 program, created on.
- The following changes have occurred since the publication of the last notice regarding states EUC08 and EB trigger status: Alabama’s trigger. Information for claimants. EB or EUC08 program, or who.
Benefit?..................... Tier I.................................................................. Tier II................................................................. How Is High Unemployment Defined for Purposes of Tier II EUC0. When Does the New Expanded Tier II EUC0. Benefit Begin and End?...............
Begins November 2. Terminates March 2. Special Case: Exhausted EUC0.
Benefits Before November 2. Tier I EUC0. 8 Eligibility Requirements...........................................
First Claimed Regular UC Benefits On or After May 7, 2. Exhausted Regular UC Benefit..............................................
Weeks” of Full- Time Insured Employment or Equivalent...................... Tier II EUC0. 8 Eligibility Requirements..........................................
Exhausted Tier I EUC0. Benefit............................................ At or After the Period of Tier I EUC0. Exhaustion, the State Must Currently Have High Unemployment............................................... The Extended Benefit (EB) Program............................................... EB Program is Permanently Authorized.......................................
EB Program is 5. 0% Federally Financed and 5. State Financed................... EUC0. 8 and EB Interactions...................................................
Which Benefit is Paid First?............................................... Legislation in the 1. Congress............................................... Author Contact Information...................................................... On June 3. 0, 2. 00.
President signed the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2. P. L. 1. 10- Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC0. This is the eighth time Congress has created a federal temporary program that has extended unemployment compensation during 2an economic slowdown. The EUC0. 8 benefit is 1. State unemployment compensation (UC) agencies will administer the EUC0. UC benefits. On November 2.
President signed P. L. 1. 10- 4. 49, the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2. EUC0. 8 benefit from up to 1.
EUC0. 8 to a maximum of 2. It also creates a second tier of benefits for workers in states with high unemployment of up to a maximum of an additional 1.
II EUC0. 8 benefits (for up to a cumulative 3. EUC0. 8 benefits). It is expected that the stimulus package will likely contain a provision to extend the EUC0. CY2. 00. 9. Individuals should contact their state’s unemployment agency to obtain specific information on how to apply for and receive EUC0.
Department of Labor maintains a website with links to each state’s agency at http: //www. The amount of the EUC0. UC benefit and includes any applicable dependents’ allowances. The maximum number of weeks an individual may be eligible for these tier I EUC0. Some individuals may be eligible for fewer weeks of the tier I EUC0. UC benefit entitlement was less than 2. For information on previous legislative attempts to extend or expand the EUC0.
CRS Report RL3. 33. Unemployment Insurance: Available.
Unemployment Benefits and Legislative Activity, by Julie M. The otherprograms became effective in 1.
Fordetails on theseprograms, see CRS Report RL3. Extending Unemployment Compensation Benefits During Recessions, by Julie M. For a detailed comparisonof the most recent proposals in the 1. Congress to extend unemployment benefits, see CRS Report RL3.
Current Law and Selected Proposals Extending Unemployment Compensation, by. Julie M. Once an individual has exhausted tier I benefits, a second tier of EUC0.
The maximum number of weeks of tier II benefits is capped at 1. EUC0. 8 benefits). The individual must have worked in a state where either the three- month seasonally adjusted average state total unemployment rate (TUR) must be at least 6% or the insured unemployment rate (IUR) must be at least 4% in order to qualify for the additional 1. EUC0. 8 benefits. Each Monday the Department of Labor issues its “Emergency Unemployment Compensation Trigger Notice” at http: //atlas. If the status column within the notice is “on” for a particular state’s row, that state is considered to be high unemployment for the purposes of EUC0.
States were required to enter into an agreement with the U. S. Department of Labor (DOL) to provide the original EUC0. EUC0. 8. Once the agreement was signed, the EUC0. July 6, The additional EUC0. November 2. 3, 2. That is, for weeks of unemployment that occur on or after November 2. I and 1. 3 additional weeks for tier II EUC0.
The expanded tier I and tier II EUC0. November 3. 0, 2. Both tiers of EUC0.
March 2. 00. 9. Those unemployed individuals who had qualified for the tier I or tier II EUC0. If an individual exhausts his or her 3regular unemployment compensation (UC) benefits after March 2. EUC0. 8 benefit. That is, there are no new entrants into either the tier I or tier II EUC0.
March 2. 8, 2. 00. March 2. 9, 2. 00.
New York. Those beneficiaries receiving tier I or tier II EUC0. If eligible to continue to receive the tier I benefit after March 2. Neither tier I nor tier II EUC0. August 2. 9, 2. 00. If an individual had exhausted the EUC0. November 2. 3, 2.
I EUC0. 8 benefit. These individuals now may have up to 7 additional weeks of tier I EUC0. P. L. Once the new full entitlement (of up to a total of 2. I EUC0. 8 benefits has been completed, the individual will then be considered to have exhausted the newly expanded tier I EUC0. No Retroactive Payments for Special Case There is no payment for the weeks of unemployment during the period when the individual had exhausted the earlier EUC0.
November 2. 3, 2. Applicants must have been eligible for regular UC benefits and have exhausted their rights to regular UC compensation with respect to a benefit year that expired during or after the week of 5. May 6, 2. 00. 7. For most states, this would apply to individuals who had filed UC claims with an effective date of May 7, 2.
For the state of New York this would apply to original 6claims filed with an effective date of May 1, 2. The right to regular UC benefits must be exhausted to be eligible for EUC0. Although federal laws and regulations provide broad guidelines on regular UC benefit coverage and eligibility determination, the specifics of regular UC benefits are determined by each state. This 7results in 5.
In particular, states determine UC benefit eligibility, amount, and duration through state laws and program regulations. August 3. 0, 2. 00. New York. 5 Arkansas has a unique approachto calculating abenefit year. In Arkansas, the benefit year begins the first day of thequarter in which an individual files a valid UC claim. Thus, it is unlikely that many individuals in Arkansaswho filed UC claims before July 2.
EUC0. 8benefits. 6 Note the effective date is notnecessarily the actual date when an individual filed for UC. A claim filed on May 1. The 5. 0 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands provide UC benefits totheir workers. Generally, regular UC eligibility is based on attaining qualified wages and employment in covered work over a 1. Conditional on earnings amounts and number of quarters worked in the base period, an individual may qualify for as little as one week of UC benefits in some states and as many as 2. Individuals with higher earnings and multiple quarters of work history will generally receive higher UC benefits 8for a longer period of time.
In addition to all state requirements for regular UC eligibility, the EUC0. States use one, two, or three different methods for determining an “equivalent” to 2. These methods are described in both law (Section 2. Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1. CFR 6. 15. 4(b)). In practice, states that apply any of these three requirements for receipt of regular UC benefits and do not allow for exceptions to those requirements do not need to establish that workers meet the 2. EUC. The three methods are as follows: .
The base period may be the regular base period or, if applicable in the state, the period may be the alternative base period or the extended base period if that determined the regular UC benefit. Individuals in the Massachusetts and Montana UC programs may have regular UC durations that exceed 2. Individuals who qualify formore than.
UC benefitswould be eligible for no more than. EUC0. 8 benefits. The right to tier I EUC0.
II EUC0. 8 benefits. The individual must have worked in a state currently considered to have high unemployment for the purposes of the EUC0.