Overview
Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) is a federal extension after regular Florida unemployment compensation benefits. EUC benefits are broken into four tiers or levels:
- EUC Tier I: Provides up to 20 additional weeks of benefits.
- EUC Tier II: Provides up to 14 additional weeks of benefits.
- EUC Tier III: Provides up to 13 additional weeks of benefits.
- EUC Tier IV: Provides up to six additional weeks of benefits.
EUC benefits are available to claimants who exhausted all entitlement to regular benefits. The last week an individual can receive EUC under any tier is the week ending December 29, 2012.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for EUC, your final regular unemployment compensation benefit payment must be for the week ending December 22, 2012 or earlier. If you qualify, an EUC claim will be filed automatically and a determination letter will be sent to you within seven days after you claimed your last weeks of unemployment.
If you have been receiving EUC benefits and you received a final payment notice for EUC Tier I, II, or III, you will receive a determination letter of monetary entitlement in the mail and will automatically be enrolled in the next level of EUC. However, the last week payable on the EUC program is the week ending December 29, 2012 regardless of any benefits remaining on the claim.
If you did not receive an EUC determination letter within seven days after you claimed your last weeks of unemployment, contact us at 1-800-204-2418, press option 2 for assistance.
If you have exhausted EUC benefits, you may be eligible to receive additional Extended Benefits if the state is in an extended benefits period. Find out more about Extended Benefits.