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Channel: Dr. Nitin Chhoda - Ignition Time
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Hello everyone and welcome to this
important episode of Ignition Time.
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Have your unemployment
benefits been delayed?
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Well, if that's the case,
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you can still collect past
the Labor Day cut off, which has gone.
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Welcome to this new and important episode
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of poverty that you see
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Let's start with this headline from CNBC,
Unemployment Benefits Delayed?
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You can collect past
the Labor Day cut off.
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Well, folks,
thousands of workers who actually applied
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for federal unemployment benefits
weeks or months ago are still waiting.
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Yep, you heard that right.
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Still waiting for the money to arrive.
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This, by the way, is why our unemployment
benefits system has failed our citizens.
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I believe that if you're dependent
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on unemployment benefits,
you are a customer of the unemployment
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benefits system because you and your
employer have been paying into it.
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Now, individuals who have been waiting
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for unemployment benefits can still
collect despite the official expiration
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of the federal unemployment
benefits on Labor Day.
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However, here's the important part.
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Many individuals who are eligible
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but haven't yet applied have
a limited time to do so.
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This is very, very important.
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Again, this is good news for Americans who have
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been waiting weeks or months
for that aid to arrive.
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They can still collect back
pay past the cut off date.
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But workers who haven't yet applied
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for the federal assistance can do so,
but many have less than 30 days to act.
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Yes, you heard that right.
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Many have less than 30 days to act.
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Why are we in this situation?
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Well, folks, state unemployment benefit
systems and state offices have been
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completely overloaded because they've been
dealing with a historic volume of claims.
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They've been dealing with outdated
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software that in some cases has not
been updated for over 50 years.
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Think about that.
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The country that is the home of Amazon,
Google, Facebook, Tesla and Apple,
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the unemployment benefit system,
which is designed to help the very
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residents who will need it in times of
need, has not been updated for 50 years.
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In addition to outdated software,
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there are issues associated
with understaffing, high levels of fraud
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and the troublesome implementation of all
the changing rules and regulations because
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of all the stuff that Congress has
been enacting since March 2020.
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So thousands of individuals,
we're talking about 104,000 people
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whose first payment of state benefits
arrived in July had waited at least 70
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days to receive the funds, according
to data from the US Labor Department.
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By comparison, less than 1% waited
that long prior to the Pandemic.
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This means there are a lot of people
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who are still waiting for their
unemployment benefits.
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So what's going on here, folks?
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States will still provide those federal
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benefits over to eligible applicants
before the September 6 deadline.
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Now, those benefits, which,
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by the way have now expired,
include funds from the Pua program,
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the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
Program, which is a program for the long
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term unemployed and those who are
selfemployed independent contractors
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and gig workers who did not qualify
for state unemployment insurance.
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This, by the way,
also close a $300 weekly booster.
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Here's an important comment
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from the California's Edd
Employment Development Department.
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Any weeks of unemployment that occurred
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before those programs expire can still be
paid retroactively if a claimant is later
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determined to be eligible
for those weeks of benefits.
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Now, federal benefits have already lapsed
over Labor Day weekend in all States
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across the country due
to the administrative rules.
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Now, nearly 9 million people
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who are poised to lose all benefits
and another 3 million set for a $300
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weekly cut in aid, according to data
issued by the Labor Department.
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Now, workers in Michigan, for example,
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who are waiting for a ruling
from the state on their qualification
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of benefits can get those funds
retroactively,
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according to the Michigan Department
of labor and Economic Opportunity.
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This is what the Michigan Department
of labor and Economic Opportunity said.
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All protests and adjudications that have
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not been resolved by September 4
will continue through the process.
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Despite the federal programs ending,
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benefits will be paid to laments
who are determined to be eligible.
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Now these benefits should
continue to certify.
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This is important, folks should continue
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to certify for benefits
through the 4 September.
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This was from the
Michigan Labor Department.
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You will need to get in touch with your
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local state office in order to determine
if there's a specific deadline for them.
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Now, many unemployed individuals who are
eligible for federal benefits before
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Labor Dave have a limited time to act,
folks, this is important.
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States must accept new applications
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for the Pua program for 30 days
after the program has expired,
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according to a memo issued by the
Labor Department on the 3 September.
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In fact, let's show you this memo.
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Now, by the way, this is a very detailed
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and a very technical memo, so you don't
really have to go through all of it.
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But the bottom line with this memo is
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that the Labor Department is telling all
States that they must accept new
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applications for the PA program for 30
days after the program expired.
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This means that up until the last week
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of September, potentially even
the first week of October.
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If you are eligible to receive benefits
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through the Pua program, you can apply,
but you would get those benefits up
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until the 6 September,
which technically is the Saturday or
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the Sunday, the fourth or the 5
September prior to Labor Day.
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So really, there is an opportunity here
for individuals who qualify for the Pua
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program to get benefits through September
4 or fifth, depending on the state.
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And also, this is important.
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There are 26 States,
a majority of them Republican States,
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that did end some or all federal benefits
to the September 6 deadline.
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The 30 day application window for those
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States already started when they
exited the federal program.
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In other words, a 30 day window for those
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States already started in June or July
when they withdrew from the programs.
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So therefore, that time
period has already elapsed.
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So if you're in one of those States
that prematurely ended these programs,
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that 30 day window may
already have lapsed for you.
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So depending on which state you're in,
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you really need to be careful about
this and you may want to act quickly.
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Y now the long term unemployed eligible
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for the Pandemic Emergency
Unemployment Compensation Program.
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The PUC program also have a time
limit to submit applications.
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However, that window is
a little bit more complex.
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It actually varies, believe it or not,
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from state to state based on the
respective law for late filing of claims.
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And this is covered in more
detail in another memo.
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Think about this, folks.
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Another memo from the US Labor Department
that explores this in a bit more detail.
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Now, this again is specific to each state
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because it's based on the respective law
for late filing of claims in that state.
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In fact, let's show you that second memo
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on your screen right now and you'll see
the headline of the memo that reads
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Unemployment Insurance Program letter,
and the subject is State responsibilities
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after the Temporary Unemployment Benefit
Program under the Cares Act as amended
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end due to state termination
of administration or when the programs
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expire so you can go
through this document.
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But the bottom line is it's an instruction
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to your state to decide and your
state will decide when that deadline.
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N is for the PUC Program.
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