By Maine DOL

April 15, 2010 — President Obama has signed legislation to temporarily continue two Federally-funded unemployment programs, Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Extended Benefits, through June 2, 2010.

Both programs provide extra weeks of benefits to laid-off workers who have run out of regular state funded unemployment benefits.

The measure also extended eligibility for the COBRA health insurance 65% subsidy for people who have lost their jobs through May 31.

Click Here to find out more about the EUC and EB Programs.

What This Means For You

• If you are running out of regular state unemployment benefits: If you have or will run out of regular state regular unemployment benefits before June 2, 2010, you may be eligible to apply for benefits under the EUC program.

• If you are currently on EUC or EB: If you are currently signed-up for EUC or EB benefits, the extension will allow you to advance into different tiers of benefits until June 2, 2010. The legislation does not add any weeks of benefits to either program.

• If you have already run out of all regular, EUC, and EB benefits: This latest program extension does not add any extra weeks of benefits under the EUC or EB programs, it just allows the programs to continue paying benefits to workers who are still eligible to receive benefits.