The additional money, $300 a week, will be paid retroactively for those who qualify and will be paid for six weeks, the Connecticut Labor Department said. This will provide thousands of unemployed workers in the state with an additional $1,800. The federal aid is a slimmed-down version of a program created by legislation addressing the pandemic that had provided those who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus with $600 a week in enhanced unemployment benefits, for up to 39 weeks. But those enhanced benefits ended on July 26 and many jobless individuals have struggled since then. Meanwhile Congress has been unable to reach a deal on new stimulus legislation that would reinstate the federal benefits. Claimants will receive the supplemental benefit in several payments. The first payment of $300 will be issued this week and the remainder of retroactive payments following in two or three separate payments. To qualify for the federal benefit, a claimant must have a weekly benefit of at least $100 and have become unemployed or partially unemployed due to COVID-19.
Connecticut jobless to receive additional $300 starting this week from new federal program