Policy Update - Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) 3/27/20

The President has signed the CARES Act into law on 3/27/20. The law provides relief for workers affected by the Coronavirus and elucidates the addition of $600 each week to eligible claims, known as Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC).

Eligibility

• FPUC adds $600 each week to the current weekly benefits from these UI programs (underlying benefits): 

• Regular UI (including UCFE, UCX)
• Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)
• Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA)
• Extended Benefits (EB)
• Short-time Compensation (SharedWork)
• Payable from weeks ending 4/4/20 through 7/25/20. 
• Claimants do not have to apply to receive the additional payment amount. It is automatically added to eligible weekly claims.  
• Payments are retroactive to the first eligible week once UTAB is updated to accommodate the program. 

For more information please visit the website https://esd.wa.gov/unemployment & https://esd.wa.gov/unemployment/federal-employees