[jsfg_cinti] State unemployment info

FYI re: some situations where people can requalify for state
unemployment benefits after they expire.
 
I'll send a separate email re: the federal extended unemployment
benefits I mentioned during this morning's meeting.
 
Ellen Hynes
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Unemployedworkers.org [mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 2:21 PM
To: elryn@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Getting back on state benefits

        
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Qualifying For A New Benefit Year:
Requalifying for State Unemployment Benefits After They Expire

With temporary federal extensions phased out at the end of December
2003, in most states long-term unemployed individuals have no source of
federal help or additional state unemployment benefits.

Even if we are not able to convince Congress to pass an extension
program, some long-term unemployed workers may qualify for additional
state unemployment insurance benefits after running out of their
original entitlement to benefits. This is done by ?establishing a new
benefit year.?

Qualifying for a new benefit year is an option open to workers that have
had some intervening work after first becoming unemployed or have wages
that were not used to establish eligibility for the original state
benefit claim that they exhausted (even if they have drawn benefit
extensions.)

By setting up a new benefit year, jobless workers can start a new claim
for state unemployment benefits (although perhaps at a lower weekly
benefit amount and for fewer weeks of benefits).

Eligibility for a new benefit year comes on the one-year anniversary
from the date when a worker first received an unemployment check. For
those workers who have recently crossed that point - or are approaching
their anniversary date soon, we encourage you to read the new National
Employment Law Project fact sheet at
<http://action.nelp.org/ctt.asp?u=2160924&l=22815>
http://www.nelp.org/workers/benefits/benefityear031604.cfm.

Sincerely,
The National Employment Law Project

Unfortunately, unemployedworkers.org has limited ability to answer
individual questions and does not provide legal advice.

 

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