Unemployment Benefits for Jobless Workers Extended
Employment and Labor Law (Federal News) July 22, 2010
Washington – Nearly 2.5 million unemployed individuals will continue to receive unemployment benefits after President Barack Obama has signed into law the bill that would extend jobless benefits to them. The measure had earlier passed the US House and Senate.
The law would extend unemployment insurance through November for those who have not yet exhausted up to 99 weeks of aid. The benefits would be retroactive to late May, the time when the previous extension had expired.
Unemployment benefits vary from state to state but generally expire after 26 weeks.
Meanwhile, the California Employment Development Department (EDD) has announced the start of processing retroactive benefits for more than 400,000 unemployed people in the state.
EDD chief deputy director Pam Harris said state workers are called on duty through the weekend to issue checks to eligible claimants.
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