The End of Enhanced Unemployment Benefits: What You Need to Know

It’s safe to say we live in unprecedented times. A global pandemic, shocks to the supply chain, and myriad other disruptions make this a challenging time to be in business. The goal of The Future of Attracting and Retaining Workforce blog series from DEED’s Workforce Strategy Consultant team is to lay out information to help businesses overcome obstacles and find success. This first blog in our series will focus on enhanced unemployment benefits and what might happen next. 

What are enhanced unemployment benefits? 

There are three different federal enhanced unemployment benefits programs with very similar acronyms. One is Pandemic Unemployment compensation, or PUC. This is the extra $300. The other is the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation, or PEUC. This is the extension of benefits so a person can receive assistance longer while continuing a job search. The last is the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, called the PUA, which offers benefits to those usually not eligible for unemployment benefits, like self-employed people, freelancers or gig workers. 

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