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January 20 Update:Â Â The National Employment
Law Project is urging Congress to extend the extended
unemployment benefits program, including
full federal funding of Extended Benefits, the $25 per week in
Federal Additional Compensation, and the 65% 15-month COBRA subsidy
through the end of 2010. Action is needed now because
the current unemployment extensions are set to expire at the end of
February. Here's how to send a message to Congress ask
them to extend benefits for workers who are going to run
out:Â http://www.nelp.org/page/speakout/FederalUI2010
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Unemployment Extension
January 20 Update:Â Â The National Employment
Law Project is urging Congress to continue the extended
unemployment benefits program, including full federal funding of
Extended Benefits, the $25 per week in Federal Additional
Compensation, and the 65% 15-month COBRA subsidy through the end of
2010. Action is needed now because the current
extensions are set to expire at the end of February.Â
Here's how to send a message to Congress:
http://www.nelp.org/page/speakout/FederalUI2010 If you're out of
work, please add your story to our collection: Share Your
Unemployment Story Read Unemployed Worker Stories December 22
Update:Â President Obama has signed legislation
extending unemployment benefits, including extended
unemployment benefits and the COBRA subsidy, that were
set to expire a...
Unemployment Extension News
Unemployment Extension Legislation Update:Â Senator
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) has introduced the Americans Want to Work
Act. This legislation would create an
additional tier (Tier 5)Â of unemployment benefits for
those (known as the 99ers) who have exhausted their unemployment
insurance benefits. Current Status of Extended Benefits:
Legislation that provides an extension of federal
extended unemployment benefits through
November was been signed by the
President.  The
extension restored unemployment benefits
to the 2.3 million unemployed
Americans who have run out of basic
unemployment benefits. Check with your State
Unemployment Office web site for details on who
qualifies and when and how benefits will be paid. The extended
benefits are retroactive, but do  include
the ...
Unemployment Extension
August 5 Update:Â Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) has
introduced the Americans Want to Work Act. This
legislation would create an additional tier
(Tier 5)Â of unemployment benefits for those (known as
the 99ers) who have exhausted their unemployment insurance
benefits. July 22 Update: Legislation that
will provide an extension of federal extended unemployment
benefits through November has been signed
by the President.  The extension will
restore unemployment benefits to the 2.3
million unemployed Americans who have run out of basic
unemployment benefits. Check with your State
Unemployment Office web site for details on who
qualifies and when and how benefits will be paid. The extended
benefits are retroactive, but do  include
the $25 extra payment or the COBRA subsidy....
Unemployment Extension 2010
Unless Congress passes another unemployment extension, the current
extended unemployment benefits program will expire on February
28. Unemployed workers will start receiving notices
from their state unemployment offices letting them know
their benefits will end. This will happen, even though
benefits may be extended when Congress returns from recess on
February 22, because states are required by law to inform
unemployed workers of the status of their benefits. Even though
some job creation items have been stripped from the legislation,
reports indicate
that the  latest version of the
bipartisan Senate Jobs bill still includes a three month
unemployment extension. The legislation, if passed, would extend
the federal Extended Benefits Program, the Federal Additional
Compensation (ex...
Tier 5 Unemployment Extension
There has been quite a bit of confusion regarding extended
unemployment benefits. The current extended unemployment
compensation provides unemployment benefits for 4 tiers of
unemployed workers. The extensions do not provide any additional
weeks of unemployment benefits for the long term
unemployed. For example,Â
in New York unemployed workers are currently eligible
for 26 weeks of state unemployment, 53 weeks of Emergency
Unemployment Compensation (EUC) emergency benefits, and 20 weeks of
Extended Benefits (EB) extended benefits. The current
unemployment extensions would not add any weeks for those
unemployed workers who are going to run out of
all unemployment benefits. The best course of action to
help get a long term extension passed is to contact your elected
officials and ...
