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Changes to Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC)
If you are collecting federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC), the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) has advised that, barring Congressional action, weekly EUC benefits will be reduced by approximately 10 percent effective the week-beginning March 3rd. The maximum amount of benefits that will be collected will be reduced by approximately 10 percent, as well.
The reductions are part of the federal sequestration that begins March 1. The sequester will not affect regular state benefits.
The reductions may require claimants to eventually repay some of the EUC payments they receive for weeks beginning on or after March 3. Other states face the same issue.
Congress could delay or avoid the sequester. Until that happens, the federal reductions must be implemented.
Additional information might be available from your Congressional representative.
