Press Releases

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Missouri Announces Guidance on Unemployment Benefits: Missourians Who Refuse to Return to Work without Good Cause when Recalled will Lose Unemployment Benefits; Employer Paycheck Protection Loans Could Cause Overpayments of Unemployment Benefits
Missouri Rolls Out Third Federal Program under the CARES Act; Announces Weekly Claims Numbers
Missouri Announces Weekly Initial Unemployment/Coronavirus-Related Claims; Payments Disbursed to the Unemployed through Two Federal Programs under the CARES Act
Missouri Department of Labor Warns Against Unemployment Insurance Scams
Missouri Begins Processing Claims for the Self-Employed and Others Ineligible for Regular Unemployment; Plans to Roll Out Program Next Week for Those That Have Exhausted Their Unemployment Benefits
Missouri Launches Virtual Assistant for Unemployment Questions; Issues $600 Federal Payments and Encourages Direct Deposit for Quick Payment
Missouri Encourages Self-Employed, Gig Workers to Apply for Unemployment; Expects to Begin Processing Claims as Early as the Week of April 19, 2020
Missouri Begins $600 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Payments
Missouri Announces Weekly Initial Unemployment/Coronavirus-Related Claims; $600 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Payments to Be Disbursed Next Week
Missouri Implements $600 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Program; Retroactive Payments Expected to Begin the Week of April 12, 2020