Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act of 2020

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The Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act of 2020 is a U.S. law enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic to expand and support state unemployment insurance systems, improve access to benefits, and provide federal funding to help workers who lost their jobs.

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instanceOf COVID-19 pandemic-related legislation
United States federal statute
administeredBy United States Department of Labor NERFINISHED
affects state unemployment insurance agencies
unemployed workers in the United States
aimsTo ensure continued access to unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 crisis
stabilize state unemployment insurance trust funds
support rapid expansion of unemployment insurance claims processing capacity
appliesTo District of Columbia NERFINISHED
U.S. territories eligible for unemployment insurance programs
all U.S. states
conditionForFunding states must commit to maintaining and strengthening access to unemployment insurance
states must show at least a 10 percent increase in unemployment insurance claims to receive certain emergency grants
states must temporarily waive work search requirements or waiting weeks in certain circumstances
country United States of America
surface form: United States
enactedDuring COVID-19 pandemic
focusesOn rapid response to increased unemployment claims
unemployment insurance program integrity and access
unemployment insurance system capacity
fundingSource federal unemployment trust fund resources
legalJurisdiction federal law of the United States
legislativeBody United States Congress
partOf Families First Coronavirus Response Act NERFINISHED
provides emergency administrative grants to states for unemployment insurance
full federal funding for Extended Benefits under certain conditions
purpose to expand and support state unemployment insurance systems
to help workers who lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic
to improve access to unemployment insurance benefits
to provide federal funding to state unemployment insurance programs
relatedTo Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act NERFINISHED
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program NERFINISHED
requires states to ease eligibility requirements for unemployment insurance to receive certain funds
states to ensure at least two methods of filing unemployment insurance claims
states to ensure at least two methods of registering for work for unemployment insurance claimants
states to improve access to unemployment insurance application and claims processing
states to notify applicants of the availability of unemployment insurance benefits
states to provide fair hearings for unemployment insurance claimants
states to provide timely unemployment insurance benefit payments
topic labor and employment law
public health emergency economic response
unemployment insurance
year 2020

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Families First Coronavirus Response Act containsTitle Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act of 2020