NYS DOL: Unemployment Insurance Benefits: Updated FAQs

New York State and the Department of Labor created a FAQs document that provides more information about

• Pandemic Unemployment Assistance – Extended eligibility for individuals who have traditionally been ineligible for UI benefits (e.g., self-employed workers, independent contractors);

• Pandemic Unemployment Compensation – An additional $600 per week, on top of regular benefits, to all UI recipients; and,

• Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation – An additional 13 weeks of UI benefits, beyond the regular 26 weeks already provided, for a total of 39 weeks of coverage.

Click here to download NYS DOL: Unemployment Insurance Benefits: Updated FAQs