jobless benefits to be 13 months: cnn (early, number, date, extension)

[ReturningWest]

Originally Posted by Opyelie

I'm sure no-one that was laid off over 99 weeks ago envisaged a National UE rate STILL at 9.8% at the end of 2010.

I'm a 99er since 4/10 and in the 40+ years I've been working I've never seen it THIS bad. I never thought I'd go over 2 years without a job

[diorgirl]

Just FYI, I've posted an outline of the federal unemployment benefits amendments in the tax cut legislation (HR 4853) currently being considered by the Senate at: What is the latest news on extensions into 2011?

[leftygl]

my 79th week ended dec 11, i called into CSR PA Unemployment office today, and she said this new bill does nothing for state benefits being paid for ( even though PA is a state with over 8% unemployment for a year ) and that they will have to bring up a new bill to pay for state eb...

which i do not understand because the bill calls for extending unemployment benefits for 13 months UP TO 99 weeks. Fed payments covers 79 weeks, and then EB if your state qualifies for up to 20 weeks...

So my question is does this new bill extend state eb benefits to those who qualify ? Thanks

[diorgirl]

Originally Posted by leftygl

my 79th week ended dec 11, i called into CSR PA Unemployment office today, and she said this new bill does nothing for state benefits being paid for ( even though PA is a state with over 8% unemployment for a year ) and that they will have to bring up a new bill to pay for state eb...

which i do not understand because the bill calls for extending unemployment benefits for 13 months UP TO 99 weeks. Fed payments covers 79 weeks, and then EB if your state qualifies for up to 20 weeks...

So my question is does this new bill extend state eb benefits to those who qualify ? Thanks

As posted on another thread in response to your question...

Originally Posted by diorgirl

The currently available draft of HR 4853 does extend 100% federal funding for EB. If the bill is enacted, each state which phased out EB in the absence of 100% federal funding must then trigger EB back on, on their own schedule -- assuming that the state has the three-month average unemployment rate to qualify for EB at that time.

[artwomyn]

Originally Posted by diorgirl

The "13 months" is an extension of the eligibility cut-off dates. That means that people have longer to qualify for and to collect the four Tiers of benefits (total of 53 weeks). Basically, it helps people who are more recently unemployed.

The current cut-off dates were at the end of November 2010. If the proposed 13-month extension is passed, it means that people can start collecting a Tier -- or move to the next Tier -- through December 2011.

The 13-month extension does not add any more weeks to the 53 already provided by the four Tiers -- so it does not help people who have exhausted the benefits to which they were entitled.

So does that means that an UI recipient has an additional 13 month window of time, to apply for extended benefits, as long as their current tier is exhausted within the 13 month window? And if so, is the weekly dollar amount of their extensions, the same as it was during their first 26 weeks?

[wannabee]

Originally Posted by artwomyn

So does that means that an UI recipient has an additional 13 month window of time, to apply for extended benefits, as long as their current tier is exhausted within the 13 month window? And if so, is the weekly dollar amount of their extensions, the same as it was during their first 26 weeks?

Not exactly.
An UI recipient has an additional (proposed) 13 month window of time, to:

A. Exhaust State Benefits and move to EUC Tier I
or
B. Exhaust a Tier and move to the next EUC Tier

Once a recipient has exhausted all Federal EUC Tiers due to them, they may be eligible for State Extended Benefits if offered by their claiming State.
Weekly benefit amounts for the Tiers are the same as those received in the initial 26-week State Unemployment claim.

[artwomyn]

Originally Posted by wannabee

Not exactly.
An UI recipient has an additional (proposed) 13 month window of time, to:

A. Exhaust State Benefits and move to EUC Tier I
or
B. Exhaust a Tier and move to the next EUC Tier

Once a recipient has exhausted all Federal EUC Tiers due to them, they may be eligible for State Extended Benefits if offered by their claiming State.
Weekly benefit amounts for the Tiers are the same as those received in the initial 26-week State Unemployment claim.

Thanks for the info.

[JANDJANDS]

Originally Posted by iamrollinglow

It may be great news but it still isn't certain. The article did point out that the dems may not entirely approve of this deal as it allows the extension of the tax cuts for the wealthy, something they were not happy about. Although I think this is as good as anyone is going to get because we know that there is no way in hell that republicans will approve further extensions of UI without "paying for it".

I am trying to find out information for a friend who has no computer. Am I correct that there were no extensions for the 99ers? But he allowed another 13 weeks for thos unemployed now to file?

thanks

[plenewken]

Originally Posted by JANDJANDS

I am trying to find out information for a friend who has no computer. Am I correct that there were no extensions for the 99ers? But he allowed another 13 weeks for those unemployed now to file?

Thanks

No extension for the 99ers and 13 months (not weeks) extension of unemployment benefits for the other unemployed up to 99 weeks, depending on what their State allows.

[gelliebean]

Originally Posted by diorgirl

Just FYI, I've posted an outline of the federal unemployment benefits amendments in the tax cut legislation (HR 4853) currently being considered by the Senate at: What is the latest news on extensions into 2011?

thanks for sharing
hope that you post some more


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