The Department of Labor has extensions of unemployment benefits available online

The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources, Carlos J. Rivera Santiago, announced today that unemployment insurance applicants will be able to extend their benefits, once exhausted, in the same system in which they are required in the coming weeks.

“Our system has been updated; Any unemployment insurance claimant who has exhausted their benefits will be able to automatically make the extra 13-week extension under the PEUC Program, answering questions that will arise before applying for the following weeks, ”explained Rivera Santiago.

“The claimant will not have to wait for our staff to complete the extension of benefits; simply access our website, and in the next area of ​​the unemployment claim, after entering your social security and PIN number, you will answer the questions related to PEUC “, he detailed in a press release.

The Federal Coronavirus Aid, and Economic Security (CARES) Act establishes a temporary pandemic unemployment benefit program (PEUC), which provides up to 13 additional weeks of benefits for people who have exhausted all rights to unemployment insurance and remain fit and available for work, many are active in their search for a job. Applicants for this program must have exhausted unemployment insurance benefits.

Follow the steps below to complete the benefit extension if you qualify:

1. Visit the website: trabajo.pr.gov

2. Click Online Services

3. Click Claim Unemployment the following week

4. Enter your social security number and PIN

5. Answer the PEUC questions

6. Answer all the questions of the given weeks

7. Submit the request

‘We remind the applicants that this compensation is intended for anyone who has exhausted his benefits. They have until December 26, 2020 to present the extension of benefits “, the secretary concluded.