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Initial claim is for 13 weeks. Extension is additional 7 weeks for a total of 20 weeks.
According to the Texas formula, the max one can receive is 415 per week. It is up in the air about how many weeks one can draw. The original amount was for 26 weeks but congress has passed legislation which can increase it to 52 weeks and beyond.
99 weeks
I think that it's 40 weeks
It depends on what your state's unemployment rate is and what Federal laws are passed to help the unemployed.
four weeks
Yes, but only for the total of 99 weeks as before. The problem the law, signed in 2010, solved was the money had run out for those entitled to the 99 weeks but who hadn't collected what they still had credit coming for. In other words you can receive up to 99 weeks now.
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At present (Jan. 2011, you can receive up to 99 weeks, if you qualify.
At present (Jan. 2011, you can receive up to 99 weeks, if you qualify.
If you happen to be one of the many who have found out that you may be losing your unemployment benefits even though you still can't find work, it's time to act. Ask about the extended unemployment options that are available to you and see what you need to do to qualify for these extended benefits in your state.
The average length of unemployment in 2005, according to Employment and Earnings, was 18.4 weeks, down from 19.6 weeks in 2004, but up from 13.2 weeks in 2001.Read more: Unemployment - How Long Does Unemployment Last? - Weeks, Unemployed, Married, Workers, Average, and Divorced In the Related Link below.this is just general statistics, though, but it should help to estimate it.