Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Under the CARES act, the following federally funded enhanced unemployment assistance was made available. "Due to potential significant delays in the transfer of the original lawsuit from Cuyahoga County to Franklin County, we filed a new lawsuit today in Franklin County. In addition, new PUA applications will continue to be accepted through Wednesday, October 6, 2021, but only for weeks of unemployment prior to September 4, 2021. save. The Ohio Attorney General's office said businesses that were having trouble hiring asked DeWine to stop the checks, which were funded with COVID-19 relief money from the . Justice Pat DeWine, the governors son, recused himself from the case. Judge Emanuella Groves from the Eighth District Court of Appeals sat in for him for the oral argument. The pua worker said I should of never been denied and that was said by 2 PUA workers. Claimants will also need toapply or reapply for UI benefitswhen they reach the end of their currentbenefit year(see your online payment history for this date). I to have been waiting for ajudication 14 weeks thanks for the advice to call call and call some more. Ohio unemployment overhaul on hold after contractors indictment, 1 man hospitalized after shooting in Clifton, per CPD, Heres how you can get free Mothers Day flowers, Body recovered from Ohio River identified, Joe Mixons future is here with the team, Bengals head coach says amid contract speculation, 4 people charged in pandemic unemployment fraud, court records show, Ohio fires company overhauling state unemployment system, overhaul its unemployment compensation system. Justice Sharon Kennedy suggested she thinks it might still be available. If that happens, Dann said he would file paperwork at the Supreme Court arguing against reconsideration. Ohio Supreme Court dismisses suit over DeWine's COVID benefit cutoff The economic literature, as well as common sense, points to enhanced unemployment benefits as a significant factor in slowing the return to work. Those previously receiving traditional unemployment benefits who refuse to return to work or refuse an offer of work because the workplace is not in compliance with local, state, or national health and safety standards directly related to COVID-19. Mike DeWine's termination of $300 unemployment payments, Justices inquired about whether the funds are even still available this long after the governor's move. While the trial court upheld the governor's authority to opt out of the program, Ohio's Tenth District Court of Appeals reversed that decision, essentially ordering that the $300 per week unemployment bonus be reinstated and paid retroactively.