U.S. Economy: Employment benefits running out

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation (TEUC) benefits are ending because Congress failed to extend them. Already 781,000 people have exhausted their benefits since December 20, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The program provided up to 13 weeks of federally funded unemployment benefits to jobless workers who have run out of regular, state-funded unemployment benefits but have not found a job. Individuals who have exhausted their regular unemployment benefits since December 20 have not been eligible for TEUC aid.

Related articles:

• More Than One Million of the Unemployed have now been denied aid due to end of Federal Program (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 25, 2004)
• Jobless Coffer Shrinks as Payouts Grow (Los Angelos Times, March 22, 2004)
• Democrats push to extend jobless benefits In Bay Area, 53,500 to lose checks by June (San Francisco Chronicle, March 17, 2004)
• Long-term Unemployment rose again in 2003 (National Employment Law Council, March 4, 2004)

Related websites:

• Unemployedworkers.org
• Unemployment Insurance FAQ (Economic Policy Institute)