Nov 13
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced that approximately 39,000 unemployment claimants who are receiving federally extended unemployment insurance will lose their benefits the first week of January. Emergency Unemployment Compensation is a federally funded program which provides unemployment benefits to individuals who have exhausted the first 26 weeks of state benefits. After January 2, the state will return to the system in which an approved new claim could have a maximum of up to 26 weeks of Tennessee Unemployment Compensation benefits.