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You can now go see a list of the bills I have Chief Sponsored on my website!
Each bill is linked on OLIS and you can read each bill individually.
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The Oregon Employment Department has the following updates on benefits connected to the Continued Assistance Act (CAA) that was passed by Congress last month:
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) - If you’re eligible for PEUC, you will receive up to an additional 11 weeks of benefits. The department hopes to be able to start paying these benefits by January 29, 2021. Read the updated FAQs to learn more and find which scenario best fits your claim.
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) - If you have or are about to exhaust (zero balance) your benefits or file a new PUA claim, the department doesn’t have an estimate yet for when you’ll start to receive benefits again. However, your benefits will be paid retroactively so continue filing weekly. I will share that information as soon as we know more.
The U.S. Department of Labor has informed Oregon that the maximum number of PUA weeks available is 50 weeks. PUA is a weeks-based program so you can only receive up to a maximum of 50 weeks of benefits, even if you have funds remaining on your claim.
New PUA Verification Requirements - The CAA requires that you provide additional information to the department to verify your income:
If you filed your PUA claim on or before January 3, 2021, you need to show work between January 1, 2019, and the effective date of your claim, which is the first day you became unemployed
If your claim was filed after January 3, 2021, you would need to show work between January 1, 2020, and the effective date of your claim, which is the first day you became unemployed
Extended Benefits - If you were receiving EB when the CARES Act expired, you will need to use up your EB claim. After that, the department will move you back to PEUC until the PEUC extension ends on March 13, 2021.
The Oregon Employment Department is still receiving rules and instructions (guidance) from the federal government and will update us as they learn more. In the meantime:
email: Rep.BillPost@oregonlegislature.gov I phone: 503-986-1425
address: 900 Court St NE, H-479, Salem, OR 97301
website: http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/post
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