Georgia department of labor pua forum. Pua benefits are available for a period of unemployment of up to 39 weeks meaning that if you have exhausted regular uc and peuc benefits in fewer than 39 weeks you may be eligible to receive assistance under pua for the remaining weeks within puas 39 week period. The georgia department of labor provides a wide range of services to job seekers and employers. Kaska said he applied for pua in march and was notified that he qualified for the program.
Please contact the department by phone. The pua program will provide unemployment benefits to those not ordinarily eligible for them. The georgia department of labor gdol has created tutorials detailing how to request weekly pua payments and weekly regular state ui benefit payments.
The federal pandemic unemployment compensation program or fpuc provides an additional 600 weekly payment to any individual eligible for any of. What is pandemic unemployment assistance. Claimants should immediately stop certifying for benefits through pua and start requesting benefits on the regular ui claim using the claim weekly ui benefits payment.
Georgia department of labor. Pua and peuc are two completely separate programs. Vermont department of labor 5 green mountain drive po.
The georgia department of labor gdol is distributing federal unemployment funds as part of the cares act coronavirus aid relief and economic security bringing economic relief to many georgians. Pandemic unemployment assistance pua provides emergency unemployment assistance to individuals who are not eligible for regular state unemployment insurance ui benefits or benefits under any other state or federal program or who have exhausted all entitlement to regular. State of georgia government websites and email systems use georgiagov or gagov at the end of the address.
Box 488 montpelier 05601 0488 802 828 4000. If a claimants pua benefit rate was lower than their regular ui benefit rate they cannot receive the difference through peuc. He says he reached out to the georgia department of labor dol and other elected representatives to.
Local state and federal government websites often end in gov. These include administration of georgias unemployment insuran.