Unemployment alert: $600 Additional Federal Payment Ends in July

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) is reminding Minnesotans receiving unemployment insurance (UI) benefits that the $600 additional payment authorized by the CARES Act, known as the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) is scheduled to end later this month.

Unless the program is extended by the federal government, the last week that FPUC may be paid in Minnesota is the week ending July 25, 2020. Applicants can begin to request this week of benefits between Sunday, July 26 and Friday, July 31.

The end of the additional $600 FPUC payment does not i...