UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER No. 24-20, Change 1
Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 24-20, Change 1
Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act (Continued Assistance Act) of 2020 - Provisions Affecting the Federal-State Extended Benefits Program
To advise states of the enactment of the Continued Assistance Act, on December 27, 2020, amending certain provisions of the Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act (EUISAA), set out in division D of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Pub. L. 116-127), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Pub. L. 116-136), and creating an optional, time-limited, and temporary waiver related to the 13-week "off" period in the permanent extended benefit (EB) law, the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (EUCA), 26 U.S.C. § 3304, note.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
JOHN PALLASCH
Assistant Secretary
Please direct inquiries to covid-19@dol.gov with a copy to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.