Sec. 2. Improvements to Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation to better match lost wages
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Section 2104(e)(2) of the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 )) is amended by striking July 31, 2020 and inserting November 1, 2020 . Section 2104(b) of the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 )) is amended— in paragraph (1)(B), by striking of $600 and inserting equal to the amount specified in paragraph
(3); and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The amount specified in this paragraph is the following amount with respect to an individual: For weeks of unemployment beginning after the date on which an agreement is entered into under this section and ending on or before July 31, 2020, $600. For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last week under clause
(i)and ending on or before August 31, 2020, an amount equal to one of the following, as determined by the State for all individuals: $500. An amount (not to exceed $500) equal to— 80 percent of the individual’s average weekly wages; minus the individual's base amount (determined prior to any reductions or offsets). For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last week under clause
(ii)and ending on or before September 28, 2020, an amount equal to one of the following, as determined by the State for all individuals: $400. The amount determined under clause (ii)(II). For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last week under clause
(iii)and ending on or before November 2, 2020, an amount equal to one of the following, as determined by the State for all individuals: $300. The amount determined under clause (ii)(II). For purposes of this paragraph, the term base amount means, with respect to an individual, an amount equal to— for weeks of unemployment under the pandemic unemployment assistance program under section 2102, the amount determined under subsection (d)(1)(A)(i) or (d)(2) of such section 2102, as applicable; or for all other weeks of unemployment, the amount determined under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection. Subject to clause (ii), for purposes of this paragraph, the term average weekly wages means, with respect to an individual, the following: If the State computes the individual weekly unemployment compensation benefit amount based on an individual’s average weekly wages in a base period, an amount equal to the individual’s average weekly wages used in such computation. If the State computes the individual weekly unemployment compensation benefit amount based on high quarter wages or a formula using wages across some but not all quarters in a base period, an amount equal to 1/13 of such high quarter wages or average wages of the applicable quarters used in the computation for the individual. If the State uses computations other than the computations under subclause
(I)or
(II)for the individual weekly unemployment compensation benefit amount, or for computations of the weekly benefit amount under the pandemic unemployment assistance program under section 2102, as described in subsection (d)(1)(A)(i) or (d)(2) of such section 2102, for which subclause
(I)or
(II)do not apply, an amount equal to 1/52 of the sum of all base period wages. If more than one of the methods of computation under subclauses (I), (II), and
(III)of clause
(i)are applicable to a State, then such term shall mean the amount determined under the applicable subclause of clause
(i)that results in the highest amount of average weekly wages. . Section 2104(i)(2) of the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 )) is amended— in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: short-time compensation under section 2108 or 2109. . Section 2102(d) of the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 )) is amended by inserting with respect to the individual after section 2104 in each of paragraphs (1)(A)(ii) and (2). Section 2107 of the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 )) is amended— in subsection (a)(4)(A)(ii), by inserting with respect to the individual after section 2104 ; and in subsection (b)(2), by inserting with respect to the individual after section 2104 . Section 2104(h) of the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 )) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: The preceding sentence shall not apply to any Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation paid to an individual with respect to a week of unemployment ending on or after October 5, 2020. . Section 2104(b) of the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 )) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Beginning 30 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, any agreement under this section shall require that the State has in place a process to address refusal to return to work or refusal of suitable work that includes the following: Providing a plain-language notice to individuals at the time of applying for benefits regarding State law provisions relating to each of the following: Return to work requirements. Rights to refuse to return to work or to refuse suitable work. How to contest the denial of a claim that has been denied due to a claim by an employer that the individual refused to return to work or refused suitable work. Providing a plain-language notice to employers through any system used by employers or any regular correspondence sent to employers regarding how to notify the State if an individual refuses to return to work. Other items determined appropriate by the Secretary of Labor. . The amendments made by this section (other than the amendment made by subsection (d)) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 )).
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