Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees is administered through state laws and state processing systems, so eligibility rules, benefit amounts, and processing vary by state.
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General description of how unemployment benefits for federal employees are handled.
States typically issue unemployment benefit payments within two to three weeks after a claimant's claim is approved.
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Typical timeline for state unemployment benefit disbursement after approval.
Most states have an initial 'waiting week' during which unemployment benefits are not paid up front; beneficiaries commonly receive payment for that waiting week later only if they exhaust all weeks of benefits allotted, according to the National Employment Law Project.
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Common rule about initial unpaid waiting week in state unemployment programs.