California extended unemployment benefits 7 weeks. Some states have also enacted a voluntary program to pay up to 7 additional weeks 20 weeks maximum of extended benefits during periods of extremely high unemployment. No 600 ends on july 25th. The state legislation would authorize up to seven extra weeks of federally funded emergency benefits for a total of 20 weeks if the states unemployment rate reaches a certain level considered.
Millions of californians have lost their jobs and are relying on unemployment benefits. Californias coffers are nearly exhausted and forcing the state to cover a part of extended unemployment benefits would cause enormous economic strife and enormous stress gov. Typically unemployment recipients can only receive benefits for 26 weeks.
However those benefits usually only last for a few months which means many people are reaching the end. Unemployment benefits paid to workers hit hard by the covid 19 pandemic over the last three and a half months now total 375 billion 4 billion alone just last week providing critical. Currently people on unemployment assistance receive 26 weeks of regular state benefits followed by 13 weeks of pandemic emergency unemployment compensation provided by the cares act after that people can still collect up to an additional 20 weeks of fed ed if they remain unemployed for a total of 59 weeks of.
But californians with exhausted claims are still. The federal cares act extended that timeframe by an additional 13 weeks. That will have to be done by the new bill if there are any unemployment incentives.
They are not extending 7 weeks of 600. Pandemic emergency unemployment compensation peucan additional 13 weeks for a total of 39 weeks of coverage if you have exhausted other benefits extended unemployment benefits ebadditional 13 additional weeks of benefits when a state is experiencing high unemployment.