The Ohio unemployment rate has reached a level of 10.8% as of August, 2009. Legislation recently passed by the house (Sept 22) called Bill H3548 will allow any states with a total unemployment rate (TUR) of 8.5% or higher to be eligible for federal funding which will allow 13 more weeks of extended unemployment benefits for those people who have exhausted all the current benefits.
This move was made as part of the stimulus package for 2009 effort which is designed to help the economy recover as quickly as possible and for unemployed people to be able to keep paying the bills while they look for work.
Is this extension law yet?
Not as of Sept 23. The senate still has to approve the bill and it is unclear how long it will take. It is anticipated that the bill will pass Senate but it’s possible that changes will be made first.
Keep in mind that the previous extension (Extended Benefits) required state law changes since EB is a joint federal and state program. EB required a change in federal law and then required state laws to be amended. The legislation that recently passed the House (H3548) is an extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC). This does not require state law changes so it won’t require the state legislature to change state law. This means that it should take less time to get this extension than the previous one.
How much unemployment benefits are available now?
Currently somone in Ohio might be eligible for the following:
- 26 weeks of normal employment benefits
- 20 weeks of Tier 1 EB
- 13 weeks of Tier 2 EB
- 13 weeks because of Bill H3548 (not finalized yet).
How much are the unemployment benefits?
In Ohio the maximum benefits are $503 per week and the minimum is $105 per week. There is also an additional $25 per week available because of the 2009 stimulus package.
Unemployment benefit information for other states
Florida unemployment benefits extension - 20 more weeks.
Will New York add 13 more weeks of unemployment benefits?
New York extends unemployment benefits by 13 weeks
Will Tennessee add 20 weeks of unemployment benefit extension?
Ohio unemployment benefits extension - 13 more weeks
Texas Unemployment Benefits Extension - 13 more weeks
Unemployment benefits extended in 2009 stimulus package.
Bill H3548 - 13 week extension for high unemployment states.
Kentucky Unemployment Benefits Extension - 20 more weeks.
Illinois Unemployment Benefits Extension - 20 more weeks.
Michigan Unemployment Benefits Extension - 20 more weeks.
California Unemployment Benefits Extension - 20 more weeks.
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Yes” I also signed the petition!
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I dont understand what you think we are all supposed to do? Just shrivel up and blow away? Why are you not even talking about another extension? Is this to fake out the American people? Making them think that all of the unemployed went back to work and the U.S. workforce is all peaches and cream now?! We need tier 5 please!
Phone Campaign to Begin on Monday 3/15… PLEASE JOIN US!!!
MONDAY
Senator Harry Reid: Phone= (202) 224-3542
Senator Jean Shaheen: Phone= (202) 224-2841
TUESDAY
Senator Richard Durbin: Phone= (202) 224-2152
Senator Max Baucus: Phone= (202) 224-2651
WEDNESDAY
Senator Debbie Stabenow: Phone= (202) 224-4822
Senator Sherrod Brown: Phone= (202) 224-2315
THURSDAY
Senator Robert Casey: Phone= (202) 224-6324
Senator Chris Dodd: Phone= (202) 224-2823
FRIDAY
Senator Al Franken: Phone= (202) 224-5641
Senator Arlen Specter: Phone= (202) 224-4254
Pulled this off another site…it has ALL the contact info for all of congress…
I sent an email to all 100 senators now I’m going to start on emailing all the house reps
http://www.conservativeusa.org/mega-cong.htm
There sure is a bunch of buzz on the net about tier 5. It like a damn movement. Each day i see more and more.
Calling them and emailing them! Health care doesn’t matter if you can’t buy food!!!!!!!!!!!
TIER V TO SURVIVE
http://tier5.webs.com/apps/forums/topics/show/2262436-phone-campaign-to-begin-on-monday-3-15-please-join-us-
Site just for the long term extensions please share any info from here and can get info from there as well.We need to all be on the same page and link our resources and fight together.
http://www.change.org/actions/view/the_99ers_need_a_tier_v_added_to_unemployment_benefits
The 99ers need a Tier V added to Unemployment Benefits
Just found this……
The Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) included in the stimulus package created three tiers of additional coverage. Tier one typically lasts up to 20 weeks, Tier two typically lasts up to 14 weeks, Tier three typically lasts up to 13 weeks. For those who have exhausted a regular unemployment account and federal EUC, there is are also Federal-State Extended Benefits (EB) which can run up to an additional 13 weeks. These numbers vary a bit from state-to-state, but the bottom line is that no one is able to get unemployment benefits longer than a total of 99 weeks.
The current jobs bill doesn’t extend any of those tiers or add any additional coverage, such as a fourth or fifth tier.
What it does do is extend the deadlines for people to move from one tier to the next. Prior to the “phase out” period, if an applicant exhausts a tier of EUC benefits, he/she moves to the next tier. If he or she exhausts the third tier of EUC, he or she moves to Federal-State Extended Benefits. Under federal law, when the “phase out” period begins, applicants will no longer be able to move from regular UI to the first tier of EUC or from one tier of EUC to the next.
Instead, if an applicant exhausts regular UI, or the first or second tier of EUC, he or she will move directly to Federal-State Extended benefits. The new legislation moves the beginning of the phase out period from April 5, 2010 to September 5, 2010. But by the end of 2010, everyone’s extended benefits will have been exhausted, whether they have moved through all the tiers of coverage or not.
Bottom line: It’s important to call your senators and tell them to support an additional Tier 5 extension.
Tags: david vitter, George Voinovich, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Tom Harkin, unemploy, unemployment benefits, unemployment compensation
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