Federal
Emergency Unemployment Compensation and State Extended Benefits
When customers
exhaust their regular unemployment insurance benefits, they may be eligible
for additional benefits through the Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation
(EUC) program. Until recently, the maximum number of weeks a customer
could receive EUC benefits was 13 weeks. However, President Bush recently
approved longer EUC benefits for eligible job seekers. Customers who
may be eligible for additional weeks of unemployment insurance will
be contacted by written notification prior to December 6, 2008. Watch
our web site for more information as it becomes available.
Some customers
who exhaust Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation may be eligible
for State Extended Benefits. The maximum number of weeks an eligible
jobseeker may collect State Extended Benefits is dependent on the Rhode
Island unemployment rate’s three-month average. Twenty weeks is
the current maximum.
Frequently Asked Questions about EUC
Frequently
Asked Questions about Extended Benefits