Hey guys, it's Ginny Silver.
And today I have good news for those of you who are awaiting
a PEUC extension.
The Edd just released in their press release today on April
8th that they are going to be completing the PEUC extensions
by April 17th, not the 30th.
So in their press release today, they state the Department
will begin on April 10th, 2021 and continue to April 17
th, 2021, up from the previous April 30th commitment.
Now this Presley States April 10th However, today on April
8th claimants are letting me know that some of them
are seeing the PEUC extension award notices and the ability
to certify and get paid added to their UI online claim.
That means that for those of you that had planned on waiting
up until April 30th for your PEUC extension that you could
receive at any time between now and April 17th today's press
release. All also confirms that Yes, all claimants, except
for those collecting Pua must file for a new claim once they
reach the end of their benefit year.
All of you are reporting that you have received your PEUC
extension notice as well as the ability to certify, and you
are seeing those certifications marked as paid.
We're seeing three different notices that claimants are receiving
today if they're awaiting a PEUC extension.
Now, the first notice that we're seeing looks like this in
its States that you have been awarded 29 weeks of unemployment
benefits through the PEUC extension.
Now these weeks will be able to be retroactively certified
for for weeks dating back until March 14th So many of you
are asking, will I be able to certify for all of the weeks
that I have missed up until at this point in time?
And the answer is Yes, you will be able to retroactively
Certify for weeks that you have missed while you were awaiting
the extension.
Now those weeks should automatically populate for you.
Now the notice also States here, once filed, you can be paid
benefits until you collect all weeks of benefits available
or you are eligible for a new regular UI claim or the PEUC
program ends on September 6, whichever occurs first.
That means that when you reach the end of your benefit year,
if you do not continue to receive payouts from your extension,
you do still need to file a new claim with the because they
are still required to check and see if you qualify for a
new claim.
Now, some of you may receive a different notice and that
different notice will be for those of you that have not yet
received the second tier of PEUC, which is the 11 week extension.
If you are receiving a different notice and it States 11
weeks worth of extension, then this is going to be the notice
that you see the federal government has added 11 weeks of
unemployment benefits to the PEUC extension, and this is effective
December 27th 2020.
So if you are missing any weeks and you did not receive this
11 week extension previously, any weeks that you were not
paid from December 27th up through 11 weeks of this extension
will be retroactively paid to you.
Now, for those of you receiving this 11 week extension notice,
you will collect all 11 weeks of this extension and then
following those 11 weeks, you will then be awarded the additional
29 week extension.
Then you will be moved on to the 29 week extension that you
can collect up until claim week ending September fourth.
So to recap, there are three different phases of the PEUC
extension. If you're a traditional unemployment claim and
you were an employee earning wages prior to the pandemic,
you would have collected your 26 weeks worth of unemployment.
After that, you then would have collected PEUC extension for
the first year, which was 13 weeks after that, you then would
be awarded this 11 week extension, which is noted as extension
Tier two in your unemployment claims history.
After that, you then would be awarded the 29 week extension
under PEUC.
Now, this third form of PEUC is being noted in your claims
history transaction type as extension Tier two Augmentation.
So if you receive this 11 week notice, don't be alarmed.
Yes, you will be able to collect the extension all the way
up until September fourth as well.
It's just going to come in those set a chunk.
So expect that 11 notification and then the 29 week notification
to come separately.
Now, the next notice that many of you are seeing today in
your inboxes is for those of you that had to file a new claim
due to your benefit year ending and you qualified for a new
claim. But it was at a significantly lower weekly benefit
award amount if you were 25 dollars less on your new claim
per week than your old claim or even smaller.
Edd is sending out this notice to confirm that you will be
able to stay on your old claim at your higher weekly benefit
award amount on this notice addresses Why did I have to apply
for a regular unemployment claim when there is still a balance
on my PC?
The Edd is required to review your wage information one year
after the start of your initial claim.
This process confirms your eligibility for regular UI benefits
because you are eligible and meet the program criteria listed
below, the Edd will continue paying your benefits on the
PEUC extension.
Those of you that are wondering if you need to file a new
claim when you have a balance remaining on PEUC.
Here is yet another place at the Edd States that Yes, you
must file a new claim and see if you qualify when you reach
the end of your benefit year.
Now, once you have collected all benefits on your PEUC extension
and you are still unemployed and eligible The Edd will automatically
start paying benefits on your regular UI claim.
There is no need to contact The Edd.
Okay, you guys, so go check your UI online and see if you
happen to have been extended yet.
Okay, you guys, I hope that was helpful.
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