If eligible, you can receive up to 26 weeks of benefits. Visit UI Online (portal.edd.ca.gov) to apply. When you run out of available weeks of benefits, you might be eligible for to up 53 weeks under the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)4 program.
Are there any unemployment extensions in California?
Extends Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) up to 29 weeks, through Sept. 4, 2021. Continues the federally funded FED-ED through Sept. 11, 2021, providing up to 20 weeks of benefits.
Is there an extension for unemployment in California?
With new legislative changes adopted in California, the Federal-State Extended Duration (FED-ED) extension provides up to 20 weeks of additional benefits for people who used all of their unemployment benefits during a period of high unemployment.
How many weeks of unemployment do you get in California?
Californians may now qualify for an extension known as the Federal-State Extended Duration benefits program (FED-ED), which usually provides 13 additional weeks of benefits during times of high or prolonged unemployment. But California has added an extra seven weeks beyond that.
How many weeks of extended unemployment do you get?
There are additional weeks of federally funded Extended Benefits (EB) in states with high unemployment. Unemployed workers are eligible for up to 13 or 20 weeks of additional unemployment benefits, depending on state laws, and the unemployment rate.
What are the different types of unemployment extensions?
There is another type of unemployment extension called Federal-State Extended Duration (FED-ED), more commonly referred to as Extended Benefits (EB). You will only qualify for the EB unemployment extension if you have used up all of your regular unemployment benefits and also used up all of your EUC08 unemployment extension.
