Miscellaneous 

What happen when unemployment runs out?

Leia Doyle

What happen when unemployment runs out?

Once you run out of weeks to collect benefits through your state’s regular unemployment insurance program, you become eligible for federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), a program that stimulus legislation created this year.

What is the maximum time for which I can receive unemployment benefits in New Jersey?

PEUC now provides up to 24 weeks of additional benefits to those who exhaust 26 weeks of state unemployment. Extended benefits (EB) adds a final 20 weeks of benefits.

How long do you have to be at your job to collect unemployment in Illinois?

To be eligible, you must meet the following criteria: Monetary (earnings) eligibility: You must have earned enough money in the past 18 months for Illinois to establish a weekly benefit amount. This can be ​determined at the time of filing.

How much can I make and still get unemployment in Illinois?

You are allowed to earn up to 50% of your weekly benefits amount from any job that is part-time, either permanent or temporary. Your benefits will be reduced if you earn more than 50% of your weekly benefits. For example, if your weekly benefit amount is $300, you may earn up to $150 per week from your part-time job.

Will FPUC be extended past March 2021?

This amount is the same as the $300 weekly supplement approved under the CAA COVID relief bill (discussed in earlier updates below) was funded until March 14th, 2021 but will now be extended through to week ending September 4th, 2021. $300 FPUC weekly UI payment update.

What is the maximum unemployment benefit in Illinois 2020?

The maximum weekly benefit amount is: $484 with no dependents. $577 with a dependent spouse. $669 with a dependent child or children.

Will CARES Act continue in 2021?

The program under the CARES Act was set to expire on July 31, 2020, and was later extended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act through March 14, 2021, at a reduced $300 in benefits per week. The MEUC program is extended through September 6, 2021, under ARPA.

Will the FPUC be extended?

$300 Weekly Unemployment Benefit Extension Until Sept. 6, 2021. This payment is an extension of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), which was once worth $600 per week but has offered $300 per week since late Dec. 2020.