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BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 11:03 AM Mar 2020

Coronavirus unemployment benefits. Here's who qualifies and how much they get.

How long do the payments last? What if you worked part time? You got hired but couldn't start your job — are you eligible? And more.



March 26, 2020, 5:35 PM EDT / Updated March 27, 2020, 5:24 PM EDT
By Sahil Kapur and Josh Lederman

WASHINGTON — The coronavirus relief package dramatically expands unemployment insurance to for the jobless during the outbreak, aimed at easing the suffering imposed by the crisis as claims last week topped 3 million and shattered records.

The $2 trillion bill enacted Friday creates two main categories of benefits for individuals. The first is Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, which covers people who are unable to work because of the coronavirus outbreak — that includes independent contractors, gig workers, sick people and those caring for a loved one during the outbreak. The second is an extra $600 per week over the next four months for those who are out of work and getting jobless benefits in their state.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/coronavirus-unemployment-benefits-here-s-who-qualifies-how-much-they-n1169846

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Coronavirus unemployment benefits. Here's who qualifies and how much they get. (Original Post) BeckyDem Mar 2020 OP
Another good article stopwastingmymoney Mar 2020 #1
Thank you for adding it! BeckyDem Mar 2020 #4
Good to know - my son lost his job just before the Coronavirus outbreak Jersey Devil Mar 2020 #2
They must get relief too. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #3
useful +1 hlthe2b Mar 2020 #5
This one shows where the baskets of money are going stopwastingmymoney Mar 2020 #6

Jersey Devil

(9,863 posts)
2. Good to know - my son lost his job just before the Coronavirus outbreak
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 11:19 AM
Mar 2020

It makes sense that those out of work before the outbreak should get the $600 since at the present time there is no way anyone is getting a new job.

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