Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) Ends Week Ending 12/12/10
The additional $25 weekly payment, known as Federal Additional Compensation or FAC, ends the week ending 12/12/10. Individuals who have been receiving this payment will no longer receive the additional $25 payment starting with the week ending 12/19/10.
Congress Passes and President Signs Unemployment Extension (Last updated December 17, 2010)
The UI Extension Bill was passed by Congress and signed by the President, extending additional unemployment benefits through January 1, 2012. Claimants who have had benefits held up pending the passage of the extension bill will receive these benefits by Thursday December 23rd. The new extension does not add any weeks beyond the 93 weeks currently available. Please continue to claim weekly benefits in the usual manner, unless you receive instructions to file a new claim.
Keep checking this website for updates on benefit extensions. For current extension deadlines, see EUC/EB Deadline Chart. For an estimate of the number of weeks you may be currently eligible for, see the Benefits Calculator or Chart.
New York State's 3-month average TUR is 8.3% (Last updated December 17, 2010)
New York State’s 3-month average unemployment rate is 8.3%. This falls below the 8.5% average required by the Federal government for people to claim the six weeks of benefits under EUC Tier 4. If you have claimed all EUC Tier 3 benefits by the week that ends August 15, 2010, you can receive the 6 weeks of EUC Tier 4. Then, if you are still unemployed, you can move into Extended Benefits. If you have not claimed all EUC Tier 3 benefits by the week that ends August 15, 2010, you cannot receive Tier 4 benefits. That means you will move from EUC Tier 3 directly into Extended Benefits.
Advisory for Individuals Claiming Extended Benefits
If you failed to search for work during the past week for any reason, you should not claim extended benefits for that week; otherwise you may be disqualified from receiving benefits until you have worked for four (4) weeks and earned four (4) times your weekly benefit amount.
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