Unemployment Stimulus Package Ga

The package includes an extension of the 300 weekly unemployment checks that would have expired otherwise.

Unemployment stimulus package ga. Senate congress did pass a 900 billion stimulus package back on dec. The full pandemic stimulus package was attached to a 1 4 trillion spending plan to fund the federal government through the fiscal year and sent to outgoing president donald trump last week to. Lawmakers struck a roughly.

11 2020 due to a decrease in the unemployment rate we began a low unemployment period and decreased the maximum potential entitlement for claimants back to 13 weeks. The georgia department of labor started paying out unemployment benefits last week through the new federal covid 19 relief legislation even as a group of unemployed georgians sued the agency to speed up checks. Also includes in the package is a third stimulus check a longer extension to the eviction moratorium money to help roll out more vaccines and 400 bonus unemployment payments.

First time unemployment claims in georgia rose last week. Jobless georgians receive first checks from new federal stimulus package by dave williams capitol beat news service. Jobless georgians receive first checks from new federal stimulus package.

Benefits are available for the duration of a person s unemployment partial unemployment or inability to work up to a maximum of 39 weeks. As of july 5 2020 georgia began a high unemployment period in the extended benefits program increasing the maximum potential entitlement for claimants to 20 weeks. 600 stimulus checks 300 bonus for federal unemployment benefits in new deal.

This is a 13 week increase of the 26 week maximum.