Beginning August 8, 2021, the Federal-State Extended Duration (FED-ED) extension provides up to 13 weeks of additional benefits for people who used all of their unemployment benefits during a period of high unemployment.
How long is the unemployment extension 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.
What happens when your unemployment balance runs out California?
If you run out of benefits within your benefit year… If you run out of benefits within the benefit year, we will automatically file your PEUC extension on your regular unemployment claim. If you are currently receiving a FED-ED extension, you will continue to collect it until it is exhausted.
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 are there for extended unemployment?
Regular Extended Benefit weeks are 50% of a state’s regular unemployment weeks, with a maximum of 13 weeks available. This means that in states where there are less than 26 weeks of regular unemployment, there will be less than 13 weeks of Extended Benefits.
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.
