{"id":144608,"date":"2020-12-31T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/when-will-americans-receive-the-extra-300-in-unemployment-benefits\/"},"modified":"2020-12-31T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T00:00:00","slug":"when-will-americans-receive-the-extra-300-in-unemployment-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-will-americans-receive-the-extra-300-in-unemployment-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  When will Americans receive the extra $300 in unemployment benefits?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41276f6dbc3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-will-americans-receive-the-extra-300-in-unemployment-benefits\/#President_Trump_signed_a_900_billion_coronavirus_relief_bill_on_Sunday_night\" >President Trump signed a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill on Sunday night<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-will-americans-receive-the-extra-300-in-unemployment-benefits\/#How_easy_is_it_to_keep_the_extra_benefits_coming\" >How easy is it to keep the extra benefits coming?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-will-americans-receive-the-extra-300-in-unemployment-benefits\/#When_is_the_money_coming\" >When is the money coming?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-will-americans-receive-the-extra-300-in-unemployment-benefits\/#What_can_I_do_to_receive_all_the_benefits\" >What can I do to receive all the benefits?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-will-americans-receive-the-extra-300-in-unemployment-benefits\/#Andrew_Keshner\" >Andrew Keshner<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  When will Americans receive the extra $300 in unemployment benefits?<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"President_Trump_signed_a_900_billion_coronavirus_relief_bill_on_Sunday_night\"><\/span>\n  President Trump signed a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill on Sunday night<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000112511\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Help is on the way for people worriedly watching their unemployment benefits dwindle \u2014 but now the question is precisely when that next wave of money hits bank accounts. <\/p>\n<p> Two days after President Trump put aside his misgivings to sign a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill that he days earlier called a \u201cdisgrace,\u201d unemployment-benefit experts are trying to nail down new questions that are technical in nature, but critical for millions. <\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       These are things like how federal and state labor agencies interpret bill language on effective dates and how quickly state agencies can resume jobless benefits and also layer on a supplemental $300 weekly payout. <\/p>\n<p>As of Dec. 26, an estimated 12 million workers either received their last unemployment check or saw their benefits drop to $0 because of deadlines on benefits written into the CARES Act.  The freshly enacted bill pushes eligibility for jobless benefits to mid-March.<\/p>\n<p>Separate from those extensions, the bill greenlights $300 supplemental payments on top of the underlying weekly unemployment check.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are an unemployed worker, of course you can breathe some sigh of relief,\u201d said Indivar Dutta-Gupta, co-executive director of the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality. But with Trump\u2019s delay, \u201che has introduced substantial uncertainty for people who are struggling to make ends meet on a\u00a0day-to-day basis.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at some of the open questions on what\u2019s next for workers:<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_easy_is_it_to_keep_the_extra_benefits_coming\"><\/span>How easy is it to keep the extra benefits coming?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>A federal Labor Department spokesperson told MarketWatch, \u201cas states are implementing these new provisions as quickly as possible, the Department does not anticipate that eligible claimants will miss a week of benefits\u00a0due to the timing of the law\u2019s enactment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But state labor agencies need some time to train their workers, change coding and implement other back-end measures. Dutta-Gupta said some states may be more nimble than others carrying out the new program. \u201cYou\u2019re going to see a lot of variability,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>For people who typically wouldn\u2019t be eligible for jobless assistance because they weren\u2019t formally deemed an \u201cemployee\u201d \u2014 like\u00a0a gig worker \u2014 the bill is extending \u201cPandemic Unemployment Assistance\u201d (PUA) payments. <\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>For someone who would typically be classified as an \u201cemployee,\u201d the bill extends \u201cPandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation\u201d (PEUC) payments. <\/p>\n<p>In each case, the bill is tacking on another 11 weeks of eligibility, through March 14, and supplying $300 on top of the underlying weekly benefit, according to Michele Evermore, a senior policy analyst <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nelp.org\/blog\/unemployment-benefits-covid-short-term-partial-relief-bill\/\" class=\"icon none\">at the National Employment Law Project, <\/a>an advocacy organization for workers.<\/p>\n<p>The continuation might not be so seamless, Dutta-Gupta explained. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be more of a struggle than people think,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>The Labor Department spokesperson said most of the basic rules and features about PUA and PEUC programs \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly\u00a0remain unchanged, [so] most of the Department\u2019s previously issued guidance will remain effective.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, there are certain new changes and the department is \u201cworking expeditiously to help states understand and implement these new provisions as quickly as possible,\u201d the spokesperson said, noting that various state implementation timetables could vary.<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_is_the_money_coming\"><\/span><strong>When is the money coming?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Labor agencies will be able to restart the PEUC and PUA weekly checks\u00a0 \u201cpretty expeditiously,\u201d said Andrew Stettner, a senior fellow at The\u00a0Century Foundation. He\u2019s one of the researchers behind the estimate that 12 million people could see their jobless benefits lapse after Dec. 26.  <\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s the supplemental $300. \u201cThat has been a bigger challenge as they have to batch people together from multiple programs and deliver a second flat payment. I think states will take three to six weeks to get that going,\u201d Stettner said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Evermore had a different estimate on when the supplemental $300 would start hitting accounts. It could be a two-to-three-week range before the $300 was layered onto unemployment checks, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas Holmes, the president of UWC \u2013 Strategic Services on Unemployment &amp; Workers\u2019 Compensation, an organization representing the business community on unemployment insurance matters, said a similar timeline could <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly to the supplemental money. \u201cThree weeks is the general conventional response in normal times,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_can_I_do_to_receive_all_the_benefits\"><\/span><strong>What can I do to receive all the benefits?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>As federal and state agencies figure out how to implement the law, the best thing jobless workers can do is file for unemployment this week as they normally would and collect all their records to prove they did, Dutta-Gupta and Holmes said.<\/p>\n<p>If a state doesn\u2019t pay this week, it might still find a way in the future to send the benefits to people who did apply this week, Dutta-Gupta said. <\/p>\n<p>When the CARES Act authorized the extra weekly $600 unemployment payments through July, some workers experienced a lag in getting the extra money. <\/p>\n<p>States, in general, \u201chave put in some serious reforms to be able to improve the administration of benefits\u201d during 2020, Dutta-Gupta said. \u201cStates are under \u2014 and rightfully so \u2014 a lot of pressure\u201d to get money to households in need, he added. <\/p>\n<p><em>This article was originally published Dec. 28, 2020, and has been updated.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Andrew Keshner\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Andrew_Keshner\"><\/span>Andrew Keshner<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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