MDOL will be issuing the first round of retroactive $300 payments as part of the new federal Lost Wage Assistance (LWA) program tonight, Friday, September 11, 2020. (continued...)
...Benefits will be paid retroactively starting with the week ending August 1, 2020. The first round of payments will include payments for the weeks ending August 1, August 8, and August 15, 2020. (continued...)
..The Department anticipates making payments for weeks ending August 22, August 29 and Sept. 5 next week. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that each approved state will receive enough funds to cover six weeks, and then the program ends. (continued...)
...Answers to frequently asked questions about the LWA program are posted on the Department of Labor’s website: https://www.maine.gov/unemployment/ . It will be updated as more information becomes available. (end)
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