Claimants Will Experience No Gap in Benefit Eligibility or Payment
Approximately $79 Million in Benefits Already Paid to Claimants
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the Maryland Department of Labor has begun accepting claims and issuing payments for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic Unemployment Emergency Compensation (PEUC), and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) unemployment insurance programs extended by the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act.
“Just one week after the federal COVID-19 relief package was signed into law, Maryland is one of the first states in the nation to have already programmed and implemented all three of the extended unemployment insurance programs,” said Governor Hogan. “Our team has been working around the clock to bring this much-needed financial relief to unemployed Marylanders as we continue to navigate this public health and economic crisis.”
All claimants will receive an email specifying whether they should file their weekly claim certification, reopen their claim, or reapply for benefits for the week ending January 2, 2021 in their BEACON 2.0 portal. All claimants who are eligible to receive benefits, including regular unemployment insurance claimants, will automatically receive the new FPUC amount of $300 in their benefit payment beginning the week ending January 2, 2021. If determined eligible for benefits, claimants will begin receiving payment this week.
“After the federal legislation was signed into law and our department received the necessary guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor, we were able to reprogram the BEACON 2.0 system as quickly as possible for our claimants,” said Labor Secretary Tiffany P. Robinson. “We are thrilled to announce that claimants can begin filing for the extended federal unemployment insurance programs and will not experience a gap in eligibility or delay in payment.”
Since the system’s soft launch on Sunday, December 27, over 194,000 weekly claim certifications have been filed and over 34,000 claimants have reopened their claim. Approximately $43 million from the FPUC program, $25 million from the PUA program, and $11 million from the PEUC program have already been paid to claimants.
Additional federal guidance is needed before the new Mixed Earner Unemployment Insurance Program (MEUC) can be implemented. More information will be available at a later date. For more information about unemployment insurance in Maryland, visit MDunemployment.com.
Current wait time 2hr 9 min 16 seconds
Here we go again…..
Maryland OWES us all the Back pay week to Dec 26 , 2020
Which , there was Option to get it this week online !!! Or any phone !!!
FIX That !!! WE want our damn $$$$ & there should have been the
Both of 2 weeks to file this last Sunday on the website , & it was Not
Only Last week was available to Claim & Not the 12-26-2020 week !!!
It’s a HOAX on workers by LOCAL Government. At my first attempt, I was told that my “turn” was 2 hrs away. I left my email address like I was asked (so they could notify me that my turn has come up). I never got any email and my wait time now says 4 hrs 22 mins. Hogan is laughing in our face and so is Carper. He has done nothing for covid relief, nothing to help the vaccine distribution, and nothing for small business but issues more restrictions. Delaware is in the same situation. There IS NO vaccine to distribute and, in fact, Sussex County was told they had to purchase a mega dollar freezer to store it in. No vaccine has arrived and the freezers are UNPLUGGED. Taxpayers still bought them though.
If you doubt what I’m saying, start calling Government officials and see for yourself. It really is this bad or worse.
This is so screwed up..most of my circle still work or operate at half capacity get no benifits, but have to live with half pay or reduced pay..while you MORONS in charge… shut jobs down and issue checks that make me want to quit and my workers stay home on the dole. Wish I could sit on my ass instead of wondering how im gonna survive..JUST ANOTHER REASON TO GET THE F OUT OF THIS STATE!!
and my other nagging question…WHOS GONNA PAY FOR THIS AGAIN?
Cannot even get to talk to anyone on Phone or computer !!! Maryland SUCKS !!!
Maryland OWES Unemployment $$$ back to Dec 26, 2020 !!!
This last Sunday Did NOT give the means to File a Claim for that week , so WHAT NOW ????
We want that WEEK of Back Pay to Dec 26 we have Not recieved yet !!!! Md OWES us !!!