One month from today (May 26, 2021) South Dakota will end participation in the federal government’s pandemic-related unemployment assistance programs.
Labor and Regulation Secretary Marcia Hultman says the termination affects three federal government programs being used in the state.
Hultman says people currently receiving unemployment should continue to file their weekly request for payment (through the week ending June 26, 2021).
She says business owners across the state say they would expand– if they could find enough workers.
Hultman says South Dakota will continue to pay regular State unemployment claims. She says Job Service offices are open and ready to support people in need of additional skills or training, returning to the workforce or who need an extra hand in overcoming employment barriers.
Federal unemployment-related programs ending the last week of June are:
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Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)– affected claimants who have exhausted their traditional 26 weeks of regular State unemployment compensation.
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Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC)– issued $300 supplemental weekly payments to all claimants who were receiving unemployment benefits regardless of the program under which they were being paid.
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Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA)– currently provides benefits to the self-employed, the underemployed, independent contractors and individuals who have been unable to work due to health or COVID-19-related reasons.
South Dakota was the only state to not apply for the federal Lost Wages Assistance supplement last fall and the state did not opt into the federal Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation program in December 2020.
To search for new jobs or receive employment services, go to www.sdjobs.org.
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