According to officials at the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the agency has begun notifying workers who have exhausted their state unemployment benefits of a 13-week extension they may be eligible for under the federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program.
These workers are being notified via email and text message that, if eligible, they will be able to certify for weekly benefits according to a schedule based on their Social Security numbers. Officials said the first group will be able to certify starting Sunday. This process will continue for several weeks.
Once approved, claimants will be able to certify for any back weeks they are eligible for up to the week that ends March 28, and will be able to claim the additional $600 supplemental Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payment starting with the week that ended April 4.
Officials said payments arrive about two business days after certifying. The supplemental payment arrives separately, several days later.
“We have completed the modifications to allow our unemployment insurance systems to process these applications,” said Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo in a written statement. “Many of these workers were unemployed before the pandemic began, and the current health crisis has obviously made their job search exponentially more difficult. We are pleased to able to now offer both extended benefits and the $600 weekly supplemental payment through the week of July 25 to help these workers through this difficult time.”
Officials also said they made nearly 140,000 additional residents eligible for PUA, includes a large group of workers who had inadvertently suspended their benefits because of how they responded to federally mandated weekly certification questions.
The New Jersey Department of Labor has been criticized for its inability to respond to calls from residents and for problems with its outdated computer system that processes claims. Officials allege that tens of thousands of residents per week are responding to one or more certification questions in a way that makes the claim ineligible for benefits under federal law. They say the errors cause residents to see a sudden halt in their benefit payments. A claims agent must then amend the claims to make benefits payable again.
For details on certifying for weekly benefits, visit the New Jersey Department of Labor website:
https://myunemployment.nj.gov/labor/myunemployment/covidinstructions.shtml
More information about eligibility and the benefits offered through the CARES Act can be found on the website also: https://myunemployment.nj.gov/labor/myunemployment/apply/extensions/
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