Unemployment Eligibility Extended

Legislation Update

• On April 15th, the President signed into law the Continuing Extension Act of 2010 .
• This bill extends eligibility for additional tiers of unemployment benefits through June 2, 2010.

More Details

• The payments will be retroactive.
• This applies if you have recently exhausted a tier of unemployment benefits, and were not able to receive the next tier because of expiration. You should receive a catch-up payment for the 2 -3 weeks if your eligibility had lapsed.
• In addition, the bill extends the $25 weekly payment increase put in place by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Additional Weeks

• Unfortunately, the new legislation does not add an additional tier of benefits, meaning that the maximum number of weeks available (in most states) is still 99 weeks.
• Certain members of Congress are discussing the potential for an additional 13 weeks of benefits, but this is in the very early stages.
• We will keep you updated as new information on this issue becomes available.

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