Additional Weeks of Delaware Unemployment Insurance Benefits

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November 17, 2009 -- DOVER -- Delaware Governor Jack Markell and Secretary of Labor John McMahon announced today that unemployed Delaware workers will be eligible for up to fourteen weeks of additional unemployment insurance benefits.

“These benefits will help Delawareans who have been hit hard by the national economic recession get back on their feet,” Markell said. “Turning around the state’s economy takes time. That’s why my administration is working hard every day to move our economy forward and create jobs by making Delaware the best state in the nation for starting and growing businesses.”

These additional benefits have become available as the result of the Worker, Homeowner, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 that was signed into law by President Obama on Nov. 6. Under this legislation, unemployed Delaware workers will be eligible for one additional week of benefits under the current Tier 2 level of EUC and up to thirteen weeks of benefits under a new Tier 3 level of EUC.

“These additional unemployment insurance benefits will provide additional monetary resources to assist the long-term unemployed,” McMahon said.

“Notices with information and instructions about this latest extension will be mailed to individuals who may be entitled to these additional weeks of benefits if they are still unemployed,” said Delaware Unemployment Insurance Director Tom MacPherson.

These additional benefits increase the number of weeks of unemployment insurance benefits now available to unemployed Delaware workers from a maximum of 79 weeks to a maximum of 93 weeks. However, claimants who recently started receiving benefits or begin collecting benefits between now and the end of the year may not receive the full 93 weeks due to the scheduled expiration of the EUC program under existing federal law at the end of this year.

Source: Delaware Governor