![]() In an email Tuesday evening, DWD spokesperson Alaina Knief said PEUC recipients who are still drawing from the weeks of coverage allotted in the second round of coronavirus relief will not see a delay in payments until they have reached their 24-week maximum. 4 in Wisconsin.ĭWD expects to launch the additional 29 weeks of benefits on April 8, about a month from when the benefits were signed into law, according to the department's online progress tracker. In the third and latest round of federal pandemic relief, a further 29 weeks of benefits were allowed, for a maximum of 53 weeks of benefits under the PEUC program through Sept. In the second round of federal coronavirus relief, Congress granted an additional 11 weeks of benefits for a maximum of 24 weeks under the program. When the program was created by Congress in March 2020, recipients were allowed a maximum of 13 weeks of benefits under the program. PEUC extends the amount of time someone can receive regular unemployment. Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation 4 in Wisconsin.Īs of Wednesday, DWD has fully launched the FPUC extension under the latest relief.ĭWD confirmed Wednesday that many receiving the FPUC supplement will not experience a lapse in payments starting the week of March 14.īut, those who experience a delay in payment under Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) or Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) will also experience a lapse in the $300 supplement until DWD launches new benefits under those programs.Ībout 112,300 Wisconsinites received more than $40 million in FPUC benefits last week, according to DWD. The latest iteration of the supplement continues the $300 payments through Sept. Unemployment recipients were previously receiving a $300 weekly supplement to their unemployment under benefits approved in the second round of federal coronavirus relief in December. Screenshot of Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensationįederal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) is a $300 weekly supplement to unemployment insurance. A screenshot taken Wednesday, March 17, 2021, of the state Department of Workforce Development (DWD) program progress tracker shows the launch dates for the latest round of benefits under four pandemic unemployment programs.
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