Problems come from FluidNow and need EUC to fix it?

Emergency money loans are needed by thousands of Americans who are living off of emergency unemployment benefits because of job loss during the recession. Employers haven’t begun to hire as quickly as the government would have hoped, and hence extension of benefits has become a hot-button political issue. Florida’s Agency for Workforce Innovation is trying to give at least 100,000 individuals who have gone a “long term” without a job some additional benefits through www.fluidnow.com. Numerous individuals had their benefits began again after they had expired, but now it seems like fluid now is not so fluid for numerous that apply.

FluidNow can’t go fast enough

An unemployed in Florida explained that the fluidnow helpline number is 800-204-2418, and if you call that number, apparently a “call back later” message that was pre recorded is always the response. The unemployed individual got an AWI employee after many attempts, and also the employee said there was no information about how extension benefits could possibly be received. AWI Director Cynthia Lorenzo assured that benefits would be given out to residents who applied, although guidance used to come from the U.S. Department of Labor. When that guidance would come – two weeks, as Lorenzo suggested, or some other interminable governmental interval – was uncertain.

The EUC Fix – Hope for the hopeless

Numerous unemployed people are looking at getting loans or getting a part time job to help with their money problems. Some of the time this isn’t enough still. Numerous worry that their benefits might be reduced if they were to get a part time job. There could possibly be some hope with the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Fix. It was part of probably the most recent emergency unemployment benefits extension that made it out of Congress, reports Michigan’s MLive.com. The point is to “remove the disincentive for people who take part-time jobs when collecting benefits.” The Michigan News portal reports that there should be no fear that benefits will end following the first year.

EUC Fix can’t help any person from before it was applied

The National Employment Law Protection explains the EUC Fix can only work if your benefits ended after July 22, 2010. If you aren’t in that window of opportunity, you won’t get any extra benefits. For more information on the EUC Fix, visit National Employment Law Project website.

Additional reading

Examiner

examiner.com/x-41045-Miami-Unemployment-Examiner~y2010m7d27-Labor-Dept-yet-to-give-Florida-details-on-unemployment-extension

MLive

mlive.com/michigan-job-search/index.ssf/2010/08/latest_unemployment_extension_removes_di.html

National Employment Law Project

nelp.org/page/-/UI/2010/Final EUC Fix QA.pdf

Fluidnow

fluidnow.com/

Drug testing for unemployment in Florida

youtube.com/watch?v=RvSoZ1U3n30