{"id":3148,"date":"2021-01-08T13:21:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T13:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/?post_type=news&amp;p=3148"},"modified":"2021-01-08T13:21:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T13:21:16","slug":"new-federal-unemployment-benefits-expected-to-be-payable-next-weeka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/news\/new-federal-unemployment-benefits-expected-to-be-payable-next-weeka\/","title":{"rendered":"New Federal Unemployment Benefits Expected to Be Payable Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Advocacy News &#8211; January 8, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congress passed, and the President signed, legislation in late December to extend the federal unemployment insurance programs created under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).\u00a0\u00a0Among other things, the bill provides an additional <em>$300<\/em>\u00a0a week to those who qualify for\u00a0<em>unemployment<\/em>\u00a0insurance in their state through March 13, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The state announced yesterday they are hoping to \u201crollout configuration\u201d to pay the $300 supplemental UI benefit amount next week.\u00a0 We have received confirmation that the $300 payment will be payable to those receiving regular unemployment,\u00a0Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Extended Benefits (EB),\u00a0Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), WorkShare, Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA) and Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits; however, we are still uncertain when checks will hit claimants\u2019 bank account. \u00a0\u00a0The $300 payment will apply to weeks\u00a0ending Jan. 2 through March 13, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The state has said, \u201cthey are working as quickly as possible to restore these programs\u2026[and to] continue to check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/leo\/0,5863,7-336-94422_97241---,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">UIA website<\/a>\u00a0for updates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you are a member of the Michigan Chamber and have an unemployment question or issue, please contact Wendy Block at\u00a0<a id=\"LPlnk472317\" href=\"mailto:wblock@michamber.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">wblock@michamber.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocacy News &#8211; January 8, 2021 Congress passed, and the President signed, legislation in late December to extend the federal unemployment insurance programs created under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).\u00a0\u00a0Among other things, the bill provides an additional $300\u00a0a week to those who qualify for\u00a0unemployment\u00a0insurance in their state through March 13, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3148"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14431,"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3148\/revisions\/14431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}