The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)

The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) manages the state's unemployment compensation program. This includes payments from many federally funded enhanced benefit programs that were extended multiple times last year.
See more on the relevant extensions/ unemployment stimulus programs, including an early end to these programs, in the relevant sections below.

End of Pandemic Unemployment Benefit programs
If you lose your job in 2022, you will only be able to receive traditional state unemployment benefits. The amount of money you get each week will depend on how much money you earned over the past four calendar quarters. You can get up to 26 weeks of benefits.

Claiming Retroactive Back Payments
If you are eligible, you can claim retroactive benefits for the weeks during the pandemic that you were unemployed. You can do this either online or by calling a customer service agent.Most backdated claims will have to be manually processed and require evidence to support the claim.
For most PUA/DUA claims, the TWC requires proof of employment. This can be shown by submitting evidence of employment or self-employment through their UI Submission Portal or by mail. The evidence must show planned commencement dates. You must provide the proof within 21 days of the date you filed your claim.

Extended State Benefits in Texas Activated and Being Paid by TWC
Even though Texas stopped participating in federally funded unemployment programs after June 26, 2021, it appears the TWC has restarted automatically enrolling eligible claimants for State Extended Benefits (EB).

The EB program can extend your regular unemployment benefits if unemployment rates are high. If the rates are high, the government will fund the program and you will get money from it. TUR is at least 6.5% and in periods of less than full federal funding when the insured unemployment rate (IUR) is 5% or more. As a result the EB is now in effect in Texas based on the latest unemployment rate of 6.5 percent.

TWC has already notified hundreds of claimants (and many were surprised based on comments I saw) and enrolled them in the EB program. But note that the maximum number of weeks you can receive under the EB program is 13 weeks or up to 50% of the total amount of benefits you had on your most recent regular unemployment claim.

Return to Work Bonus For Texan Workers
In addition to ending pandemic unemployment benefits, the Texas Congress has proposed a back-to-work bonus. This includes a one-time payment of either $1,200 (full-time) or $600 (part-time) to unemployed workers who get a job and have verified earnings by July 1, 2021.

Unemployment Program Extensions Under Biden ARP Stimulus Package
President Biden has proposed a $1.9 trillion relief package to help Americans affected by the coronavirus. This package includes enhanced unemployment benefits that will last until September 6th.

The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program has been extended until September 6th, 2021. The program is designed for freelancers, gig workers and independent contractors who generally do not qualify for regular state unemployment benefits.
This brings the total number of weeks in the program to 79. The minimum PUA payment is still 50% of the state's average weekly benefit amount, which is limited to the state's maximum weekly benefit amount.
The new stimulus bill will fund an extra 25 weeks of unemployment benefits. The benefits will be $300 a week.

If you are getting $300 per week from unemployment benefits, your payments will continue until early September. This will be for a total of 25 weeks. If you qualify for all the weeks covered in this new extension, you could get up to $7,500. The other $100 supplementary payment was also extended for 25 weeks.

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