California
Related: About this forumCA extends unemployment due to Covid an additional 7 weeks.
Seven more weeks of unemployment benefits in Californias new budget plan...
"Millions of unemployed Californians could wind up with more weeks of jobless benefits as part of the budget deal Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders reached this week."
"The state legislation would authorize up to seven extra weeks of federally-funded emergency benefits, for a total of 20 weeks, if the states unemployment rate reaches a certain level considered the high unemployment period in the bill."
"That level would be hit if the average total unemployment rate reaches 8 percent for the most recent three months as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor, as well as other criteria."
https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article243768812.html
LizBeth
(9,946 posts)created this mess and now they tell us because of their poor handling of a deadly virus to go back out there and work with the numbers rising. It is everything wrong.
Reading further, there are all types of conditions which I did not understand.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)ailsagirl
(22,842 posts)Does anyone know?
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)"California Extends Unemployment Benefits"
By Susan Carpenter California
PUBLISHED 3:30 PM ET Jul. 02, 2020 UPDATED 4:57 PM ET Jul. 02, 2020
"California's Employment Development Department is making an additional 20 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits available for individuals affected by COVID-19, the EDD announced Wednesday. The additional benefits are part of something called the Federal-State Extended Duration benefits program, or FED-ED, and are available only during times of prolonged unemployment."
ailsagirl
(22,842 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)in the early 90s when a recession was bad and I had been laid off every time the recession got bad (the Reagun and Bush #1 years) and decided to go back to college and get another degree (my art degree did not help pay bills).
Unemployment benefits were for 6 months and Clinton extended them 6 more months, allowing me to get a degree and earn money as a substitute until the economy improved and I got a permanent job. The Dems give us help, the GOP only takes and takes and takes. I had a feeling Newsom and the state Dems would help workers out. Good thing we live in CA.
ailsagirl
(22,842 posts)I feel we finally have a governor who really fights for our rights-- Jerry was good but Newsom really kicks ass!! Someone finally needed to!!
ailsagirl
(22,842 posts)In the link you sent, it says 20 weeks but elsewhere it says 13 weeks
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)That's all I can figure without studying it more.
OK, here it is...
"The state legislation would authorize up to seven extra weeks of federally-funded emergency benefits, for a total of 20 weeks" from the first article.