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Unemployed Texans To Get More Benefits

By: Vertex News
Updated: December 2, 2011
Unemployed Texans will get six more weeks of compensation starting later this month, making them available to qualify for 99-weeks of benefits.
  
Although the state's unemployment rate dropped slightly in October, the extension came as a result of Texas' average unemployment rate reaching an estimated eight-point-five-percent or higher for three consecutive months.
  
The Texas Workforce Commission will contact about 220-thousand Texas claimants who have exhausted all benefits and may be eligible for the extension.
  
Claimants currently receiving unemployment benefits will automatically have the additional benefits added to their compensation period.

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