Unemployment Insurance Questions

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

This article was recently posted on msnbc.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34068716/ns/bu...sonal_finance//

It was my understanding that Tier 1-3 are "dead tiers" IE. they aren't available to someone who becomes unemployed today for instance. But the article doesn't really mention cut off dates regarding the tiers specifically except when referencing ARRA.

I guess I find the article misleading because I don't see the extensions as layers so much as programs on a timeline....a timeline where many of these extentions are now expired.

Or am I missing something.

[rebeccajo 14]

Everything revolves around December 31.

If you have exhausted your original 26 week benefit before December 31, you qualify for Tiers I and II (34 weeks).

If you have exhausted Tiers I and II before December 31, you qualify for Tiers III and IV. (another 20 weeks).

Your state may also have a 13 week extension. Where that gets paid, I have no idea.

We need Mrs. Cat to confirm this.

Edited November 24, 2009 by rebeccajo

[rebeccajo 14]

Go here for a state by state map from June.

http://money.cnn.com/news/storysupplement/...fits/index.html

[rebeccajo 14]

Everything revolves around December 31.

If you have exhausted your original 26 week benefit before December 31, you qualify for Tiers I and II (34 weeks).

If you have exhausted Tiers I and II before December 31, you qualify for Tiers III and IV. (another 20 weeks).

Your state may also have a 13 week extension. Where that gets paid, I have no idea.

We need Mrs. Cat to confirm this.

Jeez.

The more I look at the table the more confused I am!

[rebeccajo 14]

Here's some interesting stuff from the Department of Labor press release dated November 19, 2009.

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm

States reported 3,622,091 persons claiming EUC (Emergency Unemployment Compensation) benefits for the week ending Oct. 31, an increase of 101,838 from the prior week. There were 772,645 claimants in the comparable week in 2008. EUC weekly claims include both first and second tier activity.