Supplemental Unemployment Payments to Reach Workers Unevenly

States have widely varying technical capabilities to distribute extra funds promptly amid jobs

By Sarah Chaney
April 11, 2020 | The Wall Street Journal

How quickly laid-off workers receive bigger unemployment checks from a coronavirus pandemic stimulus package depends on where they live.

Some states, including New York and Illinois, are already sending the weekly, supplemental $600 payments to workers hit by the crisis. Other states are encountering snags that could delay the release of the expanded benefits by weeks… [More]

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