Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

• Date: April 06, 2011
• Source: Admin

The Unemployment Extension Bill or the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010, signed by President Barack Obama, extends unemployment insurance benefits to people who remained unemployed for more than six months prior to November 30, 2010. This bill will pay benefits retroactively, to over 2.5 million people whose payments were cut off last June when Congress did not extend the expiring unemployment benefits. The Extended Benefits Program (EB) provides an additional 13 to 20 weeks of benefits to workers receiving unemployment insurance in states having a specific unemployment rate.