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Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), which provides benefits for claimants who are unemployed as a direct result of COVID-19 and not eligible for regular unemployment compensation or PEUC, including those who are self-employed or are gig workers.
- To avoid denial of benefits, you must file your first weekly claim within 21 days of the date you filed your initial/new claim. For example, if you filed your claim on January 2, your first weekly claim must be filed by January 30.
- You must be able to work and be available to work. Most claimants are required to make an active search for work. If directed to make an active search for work, you must register online at www.vawc.virginia.gov the VEC or a workforce services agency where you live if you live outside Virginia.
- You must be willing to accept suitable work if offered and apply for suitable work when referred to a job by the VEC or your workforce services agency if you live outside Virginia.
- You must report all wages earned for any work, including temporary, part-time, and self-employment, for the week they are earned (not when paid). If you work and your gross income for the week is less than your weekly benefit amount, that gross amount less $50 will be deducted from your weekly benefit amount.
Home. The CARES Act provides increased benefits for workers collecting unemployment insurance by $600 for claims effective March 29th until July 31st. This provision is the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program. Payments to eligible claimants will be made automatically in conjunction with their weekly claim.
