Extended Benefits were passed as part of the Economic Stimulus Package for 2009. People in each state with an unemployment rate higher than eight percent were eligible to receive up to an additional 20 weeks of benefits. This was on a state-by-state level. The last payable date for EB was the week of June 5.
The Regional Program Manager for the Office of Unemployment and Training Tommy Wheatley said at this time there is no definite answer if the emergency order will continue on for displaced workers.
“Right now all of that is under legislation from Congress in Washington,” Wheatley detailed. “The bill is in Congress being debated. No bill is being passed at this time. Where we stand right now, nothing can be done until the new legislation is passed.”
Wheatley explained the only exception to the rule is when it came to the difference between the two-payout options.
“Anyone who had a remaining balance for EUC on May 29, will continue to draw until that total is exhausted,” Wheatley mentioned. “After that, they will be eligible no more. If you were on the state extended benefits, the last payable week was June 5.”
The only unemployment benefit available at this time is Unemployment Insurance. That is still available for those displaced workers who qualify for the program.
For questions or comments about unemployment benefits contact the Leitchfield Career Center by phone at 270-259-4912.
Grayson County’s unemployment rate as of April was 14.2 percent.
Emergency Unemployment Compensation is a program funded on a federal level, which provides benefits to displaced workers who have exhausted regular unemployment state benefits. On April 15 of this year, President Barack Obama signed the Continuing Extension Act of 2010, extending EUC’s expiration date to June 2, 2010. The EUC was initially created on June 30, 2008.
The last payable date for EUC was June 2.
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