facts - here Posted: Apr 5th, 2020 - 2:20 pm In Reply to: Varies by state - Needs investigation
No, this is federal. It does not vary by state. It's in addition to your state benefits. My state is waiving the requirement for job searches and requirement to file in person due to COVID here: https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98178_98179---,00.html (click on fact sheet for reference) Page 1 reads: Register for work and work search are not required at this time.
I believe most, if not all, states are waiving these requirements due to COVID.
The $600 is from the Cares Act that can be read many places, including here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3548/text
To save some time, scroll to page 89 where it states:
24 (b) ASSISTANCE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT AS A RESULT 25 OF COVID-19.—Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary 89 O:HENHEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 1 shall provide to any covered individual unemployment ben2 efit assistance while such individual is unemployed, par3 tially unemployed, or unable to work for the weeks of such 4 unemployment with respect to which the individual is not 5 entitled to any other unemployment compensation (as that 6 term is defined in section 85(b) of title 26, United States 7 Code) or waiting period credit. 8 (c) APPLICABILITY.— 9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para10 graph (2), the assistance authorized under sub11 section (b) shall be available to a covered indi12 vidual— 13 (A) for weeks of unemployment, partial un14 employment, or inability to work caused by 15 COVID–19— 16 (i) beginning on or after January 27, 17 2020; and 18 (ii) ending on or before December 31, 19 2020; and 20 (B) subject to subparagraph (A)(ii), as 21 long as the covered individual’s unemployment, 22 partial unemployment, or inability to work 23 caused by COVID–19 continues. 24 (2) LIMITATION ON DURATION OF ASSIST25 ANCE.—The total number of weeks for which a cov90 O:HENHEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 1 ered individual may receive assistance under this 2 section shall not exceed 39 weeks and such total 3 shall include any week for which the covered indi4 vidual received regular compensation or extended 5 benefits under any Federal or State law, except that 6 if after the date of enactment of this Act, the dura7 tion of extended benefits is extended, the 39-week 8 period described in this paragraph shall be extended 9 by the number of weeks that is equal to the number 10 of weeks by which the extended benefits were ex11 tended.
And also page 99, where it states:
(1) FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT COM6 PENSATION.—Any agreement under this section 7 shall provide that the State agency of the State will 8 make payments of regular compensation to individ9 uals in amounts and to the extent that they would 10 be determined if the State law of the State were ap11 plied, with respect to any week for which the indi12 vidual is (disregarding this section) otherwise enti13 tled under the State law to receive regular com14 pensation, as if such State law had been modified in 15 a manner such that the amount of regular com16 pensation (including dependents’ allowances) payable 17 for any week shall be equal to— 18 (A) the amount determined under the 19 State law (before the application of this para20 graph), plus 21 (B) an additional amount of $600 (in this 22 section referred to as ‘‘Federal Pandemic Un23 employment Compensation’’).
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