Secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources Carlos J. Rivera Santiago announced this afternoon that unemployment insurance claimants will be able to extend their benefits after being exhausted in the same system in which they are required in the coming weeks.
“Our system has been updated, all those unemployment insurance claimants who have exhausted their benefits will be able to automatically make an extra 13-week extension under the PEUC Program, answering questions that will arise before applying for the weeks. next “, Rivera Santiago explained.
“The claimant will not have to wait for our staff to extend their benefits, simply visit our website, and in the subsequent area of the unemployment claim, once they have entered their social security and PIN number, they will respond to questions related to PEUC “, explained the head of the agency.
The Federal Coronavirus, Aid and Economic Security Act (CARES) establishes a temporary benefit program known as Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), which provides up to 13 additional weeks of benefits for people who have exhausted all rights under Unemployment Insurance and are still able and available for work, most are active in looking 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 our website; work.pr.gov
2. Online services
3. Subsequent weekly unemployment claim
4. Enter your social security number and PIN
5. Answer the PEUC questions
6. Answer all questions for 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 “, he concluded.
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