Unemployment Insurance: Programs and Benefits

"Various benefits may be available to unemployed workers to provide income support. When

eligible workers lose their jobs, the Unemployment Compensation (UC) program may provide up

to 26 weeks of income support through the payment of regular UC benefits. Unemployment

benefits may be extended for up to 47 weeks by the temporarily authorized Emergency

Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program. Unemployment benefits may be extended for

up to a further 13 or 20 weeks by the permanent Extended Benefit (EB) program under certain

state economic conditions..."

Unemployment insurance