COVID-19 PUA FAQs

If you have been identified to have potential PUA eligibility, you will find a link to the PUA application in your MyUI portal.  We are continuing to identify potential applicants.  Please check back to see if you have received a link.

Yes. You can work reduced hours and report your earnings for the week. You can receive PUA weekly payments based upon reported wages.

You still have the right to file an appeal.

Acceptable Proof of Wages/Income Used for PUA Claims 

• Proof of wages/income for the most recently completed Tax Year January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
  • If you are an employee or 1099 independent contractor, you can send copies of pay stubs, earning statements, IRS Form W-2 or IRS Form 1099 and federal income tax Form 1040 and Schedule C, F, or SE.
  • If you are self-employed, you can send IRS Form 1040 and a copy of Schedule 1, 2, C, F or SE tax return.

The PUA weekly benefit amount is anywhere from $149-$365.

Yes. If you are paid at least $1 in PUA benefits, you are entitled to the additional funds that FPUC offers. FPUC payments begin with week ending 4/4/20 benefits.

Yes. You will need to request each week for your PUA benefits, just like you would if you were requesting state unemployment benefits. Please make sure you are requesting payment on the PUA Certification Access page.

You can request PUA payments for each week you were unemployed or worked reduced hours due to COVID-19. You will need to request payment for that week and all eligible weeks on the day after the week ends. An unemployment benefits week begins on Sunday and ends the following Saturday at midnight. Example: If your business closed on Wednesday, March 13, 2020, you should request your PUA payments for week ending dates 3/16/20, 3/23/20, 3/30/20, 4/6/20, 4/13/20, 4/20/20, etc. For each week requested, you are required to report all gross earnings and income. PUA benefits are potentially available from week ending 2/8/2020, but your eligibility is dependent upon the date you entered in your PUA application as the last day you worked.

Yes. Regardless of your current workplace status, you will be able to request your eligible benefits for the time that your job was impacted by COVID-19.

Those applicants who were denied their original claim for state benefits and those who have exhausted their state benefits that meet the PUA qualifications.

These are being sent continually as individuals are deemed ineligible for state benefits. Those potentially eligible for PUA must apply and be denied regular state benefits to be potentially eligible for PUA benefits.

Yes, you could potentially be eligible for PUA. Please check back to see if you have received a link in your MyUI portal.

PUA benefits are available for a period of unemployment of up to 39 weeks, meaning that if you have exhausted regular UC and PEUC benefits in fewer than 39 weeks, you may be eligible to receive assistance under PUA for the remaining weeks within PUA's 39 week period. The last payable week ending date for PUA benefits was June 26, 2021.

PUA claimants should begin seeing status updates on their MyUI portal starting 05/05/20.

If GDOL doesn’t have direct deposit information for you in your MyUI portal, your payment will be made on a Way2Go debit card.

Your MyUI portal currently displays your most recent payment.  

If you are approved for PUA benefits you will receive all weeks you are eligible to be paid. Be sure to request your payments weekly.

Request Weekly PUA Payment

PUA applicants have 21 calendar days to submit proof of wages documentation.

Once you receive an email stating your application has been processed you can see your status on your MyUI portal.