Jul 2, 2009 5:42 pm US/Eastern
Florida Begins Paying Extended Unemployment
TALLAHASSEE (CBS4) ―
The Agency for Workforce Innovation, which handles unemployment for the state of Florida, announced the first Extended Unemployment Compensation Benefits have started to be paid out by Florida. The Extended Unemployment was made available by a change in state law and was paid for with money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the Stimulus Package.
An estimated 250,000 Floridians are eligible for the extended benefits, which are available through the end of 2009. Payments will be retroactive to February 22 for those eligible. Initial retroactive payments could be as high as $5,100 for some. The Agency for Workforce Innovation reports more than 73,000 applications have been received for Extended Benefits.
To receive Extended Benefits individuals must:
- Be totally or partially unemployed
- Not be eligible for unemployment compensation benefits in any other state (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) or Canada
- Be actively seeking work and provide work search documentation for each week claimed
- Not refuse an offer of suitable work or fail to apply for suitable work
- Exhaust all entitlement to regular and Emergency Unemployment Compensation after February 22, 2009
- Exhaust all entitlement to regular and Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits prior to February 22, 2009, and have established a claim benefit year that ends after February 22, 2009
Eligible unemployed can apply online at
FloridaJobs.org.
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