A Nevada judge is expected to decide Monday whether the state’s employment bureau must immediately pay out pending benefits claims to the state’s independent, gig and self-employed workers. Second ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation (DETR) has announced that Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claimants can now file for an appeal online. The ...

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Kokua Line is getting numerous questions from Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claimants who are being asked for more information to verify their eligibility. As we reported Thursday (808ne.ws/ ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – The Kansas Department of Labor announced changes Friday morning to how it will report the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claimant backlog. Thousands of Kansas are ...

Question: My unemployment case is complicated, but I finally got approved through PUA; but now I think I might be getting paid too much. I waited so long for any payment (almost 11 weeks) that I don’t ...

LAS VEGAS – While help is on the way for some Nevadans awaiting extended unemployment benefits from the new federal relief bill, others may be waiting weeks. On Thursday, the Nevada Department of ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif — As California's Employment Development Department begins the process of paying out extended weeks for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment ...

SPOKANE, Wash.– The State of Washington is using $54 million dollars of federal CARES Act money to provide one-time payments for some recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits.

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