Pua unemployment georgia status. The 2 trillion cares act didnt hang freelancers gig workers and self employed business owners out to dry. The pua program will provide unemployment benefits to those not ordinarily eligible for them. State of georgia government websites and email systems use georgiagov or gagov at the end of the address.
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. However the first payable week ending date wed was july 4 2020 based on the first payable wed of peuc was april 4 2020 for 13 weeks. Self employed people and others who are not eligible for regular unemployment benefitsand who are out of work due to covid 19can now get pua a new unemployment benefits program ends december 26 2020.
The pandemic unemployment assistance pua is a brand new program. Local state and federal government websites often end in gov. Local state and federal government websites often end in gov.
Before sharing sensitive or personal information make sure youre on an official state website. State extended benefits or seb is an extension of benefits that occurs when a state meets the unemployment rate threshold for a designated period. Applicant status affidavit acknowledgement i have read the above information and i understand if i am 18 years of age or older georgia law requires that i complete an applicant status affidavit.
Before sharing sensitive or personal information make sure youre on an official state website. Georgia became eligible to pay seb may 10 2020. The edd is working quickly with the california department of technology.
State of georgia government websites and email systems use georgiagov or gagov at the end of the address. Pandemic unemployment assistance pua pua provides up to 39 weeks of benefits to qualifying individuals who are otherwise able to work and available for work within the meaning of applicable state law except that they are unemployed partially unemployed or unable or unavailable to work due to covid 19 related reasons as defined in the cares act. Unemployment insurance information and resources for.
Self employed workers gig workers 1099. As of may 12 37 states have started paying out pandemic unemployment assistance pua the program designed to aid workers who dont qualify for traditional unemployment benefits according to a department of labor spokesperson. Georgia cares act update.
But it didnt exactly make them a priority either. State pandemic unemployment assistance status.