U.S. Congress - S.2544 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008
S.2544 - Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008
A bill to provide for a program of temporary extended unemployment compensation. view all titles (2)
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- Short: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 as introduced.
- Official: A bill to provide for a program of temporary extended unemployment compensation. as introduced.
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did you win your appeal? I’m from nj and have the same exact problem got 19 weeks short 1 week and overall have worked more than 20 weeks. need to know if I had wasted my time.
Is anyone here got called in for auditing the job search? If so, what’s the nature of their questioning the job search. Do they verify by calling the contacts on the job search.
Also, what happens if you are out of state while they call you in for the job search audit. Can we still be considered looking for a job while we are out of the state which we are collecting the benefits in? Can you say you are looking for an out of state job?
yes they want to see all your job contacts, they will call every one of them, companies are required by law to keep records of who aplies. If you do not have proof of your job contacts the unemployment insurance can take the money they gave to you back, with the new extension a law passed that said that they can take you money back ten years after you have collected your unemployment so keep your records. The can tke your income tax returns and garnish your wages if you do loose your records.
Just be selective in the jobs you try to get, try to get the same money or more then what you were making in your last job, that is what unemployment is for, if a company will not tell you what the pay is before you aplie don’t aplie. But do the work to find a job, being given free money to have the time to find a good job is a blessing don’t waist it. If you scam the system you are liable for the next ten years.
i live in nj and was denied an extension becuase i didnt work 20 weeks in the period they took my claim from altho i worked more then 20 in the past year… i worked 19 weeks in the period they tookl the claim from meaning i only missed by 1 week i wrote in an appeal … what are my chances of winning???
This is D,from OR. My last check for the normal 26 week Unemployment benefit is Oct 22nd. In my state they say that once your balance is zero then you can call for the extention. I have sent tons of resumes out in the last 5 months only had 4 interviews for jobs that i am MORE than qualified for. Hell I can’t even get a declination letters or return phone calls after. Sometimes I seriously want to put a damn gun to my head and end it. At this time last year I was doing so great and so happy. Now I am on an anti anxiety drug, an anti depressent just to keep myself going. Time is running out for me. Where is the Best job market in the country right now? I have already started applying in WA state and going to expand it to any state where I can get a good and secure job. I just needed someone to listen. Thank you in advance for your replies. OH and should I call the OR Dept of Unemployment to ask questions about qualifying?
there is an extension on uranus. will you commute?
don’t be so hard on yourself. try to somehow stay positive. i finally found a job after six months of being unemployed. i tried to keep my spirits up throughout it all. something has to come up for you. it will just take time. it took six months and 18 interviews for me to finally get a job.
How can the American Middle Class Taxpaying Joe & Jane bailout the economy when they have no jobs, are underemployed and their extended unemployment benefits run out October 20th?
Looks like it has passed the house
H.R. 6867
now it is on to the Senate..
Hopefully, we can put parties aside and help out the Joe six packs and small business people.
the only way this is going to happen before january is if hairy reid will call for a vote on 6867
Call hairy ask him to call for a vote on 6867 call allof the other senators and ask them to call hairy and ask for a vote
Here are the phone numbers for the U.S. Senate switchboard:
1-877-851-6437 1-800-833-6354 1-888-355-3588 1-866-220-0044 1-866-808-0065 1-877-762-8762 1-866-340-9281 1-800-862-5530
names and direct numbers for all senators
names and direct numbers for all senators
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
TOLL FREE number for Capitol
1-877-331-1223
Everytime I call a Democrat, they say that the vote was blocked by Republicans.
They’re USING us for political gain in the election. Make them take a vote IN ABSENTIA and make it a roll call where each one has to be accountable for their vote.
We’re PAWNS in this war between parties and I’m sick of it!!!! Make them come together for US like they did WALL STREET!!!!
Frightening video
Google “youtube Obama youth”
Sends a chill up my spine!!!!
I have exhausted my EUC, I’m a college graduate with a 18month daughter to raise….I have been trying to find employment for the past year….I don’t know what to do or how I will feed my child….forget Wall Street the United States Government needs to give a bail out to their American people. I’m 26 and I’ve seriously been comtemplating joining the Air Force even if that means leaving my daughter for boot camp and tech school. I seriously don’t have any other options right now.
TOLL FREE – 1-877-331-1223
Call Kennedy’s and Obama’s office and make them work TOGETHER on this!!!!!!!!!!!
Good GRIEF – Obama cosponsored this in January and he can’t get it through!!!!!!!!!!!!
SWEET LITTLE BUCKEYE MOONPIE,
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING?
ALWAYS FAITHFUL TO THE CAUSE,
YOUR ONE & ONLY
SILLY BOY
Folks —
Now is a great time — with your Senators back home campaigning — to reach out to them to be sure they are on record supporting the Senate bill to expand federal unemployment benefits for the folks who are running out of their limited 13-week federal extension. As soon as the Senate reconvenes in November, there will be an opportunity to push them to pass the bill, just like the House of Representatives did (overwhelmingly) in early October.
Here’s a link with more information, posted on our website (www.unemployedworkers.org).
http://www.unemployedworkers.org/extend_jobless_benefits/federal_jobless_benefits/lameduck_session.cfm
Thanks very much!
Maurice Emsellem
National Employment Law Project
Is it legal to terminate an employees medical benefits if they sign up for EUC. That is what happened at my current job. I got a form letter saying I qualify for EUC from a previous employer, I sent it in, started getting EUC. My current employer thought it was a unemployment claim against her company and immediately cut my medical benefits which I NEED and is the ONLY reason I work there. Are her actions legal? Is there any references to finding out more about the legality of this?
They have to offer you insurance, but you have to pay for it. They can’t terminate it and leave you without insurance, but it will be expensive.
This is the bill that is still in waiting at the finance committee for consideration, This is the site we should be blogging at..
On the front page it says it has been replaced by 6867.
Why are they talking about this on CSPAN right now? Are they so stupid they forgot this bill was replaced or is it still being pushed and there are no updates on this site yet?
Do you know if they talked about another unemployment extension?
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roy: you are a bottom-feeding parasite scumbag.
go away and do NOT come back.
Can I re apply for unemployment after my euc benefits run out?
Can I reapply for unemployment after my euc benefits run out?
I am about to run out of my euc benefits as well !!! I wish congress could pass legislation for another extension THIS MONTH !! I have sent out 100’s of resumes and have only been called in for one interview. I have never had a tough time finding work until now. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP SOON!!