Due to Missouri’s economic recovery, the U.S. Department of Labor has “triggered off” of the unemployment Extended Benefits (EB) program, making Missouri no longer eligible for the program.
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Missouri gained more than 52,000 jobs last month, according to seasonally adjusted numbers in the July jobs report.
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced two grants, totaling $1,834,214, awarded to the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to improve and promote its Short-Time Compensation program.
The Missouri Department of Labor announced that Missouri will begin offering the extended benefits program for those who have exhausted previous unemployment benefits.
Missouri is now one of 10 states processing claims for those ineligible for regular unemployment benefits in the wake of COVID-19 through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program.
Individuals in these groups who have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus, and have not already filed a claim, are encouraged to file online at uinteract.labor.mo.gov.
The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relation began rolling out the federal government's $600 unemployment checks this week.
Unemployment claims continued to reach unusually high numbers last week as many businesses have closed in the wake of COVID-19.