Extra 300 Extra Job Payment Sept. Starting at 7

Unemployed California workers can expect to receive an additional 300 300 in weekly unemployment payments in early September, the state labor agency announced, welcoming the dream economic crisis unleashed by the coronavirus.

U.S. Additional unemployment payments are being made to states across the country using funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency through the government’s Lost Wage Assistance Program.

The $ 300 federal payment will be on top of regular state unemployment benefits distributed by the Department of Employment Development.

“EDD Sept. 7, will begin processing the Lost Wage Assistance Payments for Eligible Individuals by the Week of 2020, ”the EDD said in a statement, adding that it was removed at the end of a regular presentation by the agency providing weekly updates on unemployment. Claims and payments.

Since state and local government agencies imposed a massive shutdown of industries in California in mid-March, claims for unemployment benefits have been filed for the first time in the jaws of 7.9 million Californians.

EDD envisions two main stages for the payment of 300.

“The first phase will cover claimants who have previously informed that they were unemployed due to Covid-19 for reasons related to their initial application and have received their regular state or federal unemployment payments for the benefit week between July 26 and August 15.” Said the EDD.

A supplement of $ 300 means a worker who receives a maximum state payment of 50 450 per week can receive 50 750 per week. A worker receiving an average EDD payment of Rs 287 crore can get a weekly payment of Rs 587 crore.

To receive the extra money, employed workers must be eligible for at least 100 100 in weekly state unemployment benefits, the EDD said.

In general, jobseekers who applied for benefits in mid-March were asked questions about whether they lost their jobs due to a coronavirus-related cause or suffered fewer hours.

“The second phase will cover claimants who did not have the opportunity to point out that they were unemployed due to COVID-19 reasons for their initial application and they still meet the eligibility requirement of at least 100 weekly benefit amounts,” the EDD said.

EDD works in a large backlog to pay unemployed employees, a problem highlighted by a state agency’s broken call center and glitch-hobbled computer system based on at least a 30-year-old primitive programming language.

Surprisingly the state agency has failed to provide accurate estimates about the size of the backlog and certainly when it will catch unpaid claims that will require a response.

An estimated 1.13 million California workers are stuck in state agency bureaucracy rather than EDD money.

The EDD has said only that it expects to receive payments from 239,000 workers whose claims are “awaiting an EDD response.”

Another 889,000 workers may have outstanding payments through the EDD, but the state agency demands that workers provide more information before the claim can be processed.