North Carolina’s Division of Employment Security Announces an Extension of EUC and Extended Benefits
25/01/12
North Carolina extends EUC and EB benefits until August 2012.
Emergency measures taken by Congress and the President last month provided North Carolina’s Employment Security Division with the authority to extend Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits (EUC) and Extended Benefits (EB) by two months.
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Benefits Extension
This extension increases allows unemployed workers who have exhausted their state unemployment compensation benefits or will do so before February 26, 2012. Note that unemployed workers who are already receiving EUC benefits may only apply for additional EUC tiers by March 4, 2012. Unless there is another extension of unemployment benefits, workers who exhaust their current tier benefits after March 4, 2012 will no longer qualify for federal EUC benefits.
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