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  • applicationbenefits 300x195 South Carolina Department of Employment: Extended Benefits and Federal Additional Compensation

    Learn how to deal with interstate unemployment claim issues.

    The emergency unemployment aid programs extended in June 2010 by Congress allowed unemployed workers in states with high unemployment rates, such as South Carolina, to claim up to 99 weeks in benefits.

    Most states offered 26 weeks of basic unemployment benefits. The Emergency Unemployment Compensation program offered up to 53 weeks divided between its four-tier system (click here for more information on the EUC program). The Extended Benefits program, allowed unemployed workers who exhausted their basic and EUC benefits to apply for an additional 20 weeks of extended benefits.

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