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2A | AUGUST 6, 2020 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL On The Record Those awaiting injunction could receive unemployment in meantime The Oregon Employ- ment Department an- nounced Monday that it has found a way to pay benefits to thousands of Oregonians who are out of work due to COVID-19 while they wait for their claim, or “Benefits While You Wait.” This applies to Orego- nians who are waiting for their claim to be re- viewed by an adjudica- tor to determine wheth- er they are eligible for regular unemployment or the Pandemic Un- employment Assistance (PUA) program. “We are confident this group of Oregonians are eligible for benefits be- cause they lost their job due to COVID-19, we just don’t know which program they are eli- gible for yet,” said Em- ployment Department Acting Director David Gerstenfeld. “We have found a workaround that will allow us to pay benefits while their claims are being re- viewed by an adjudica- tor. “We are grateful we have figured out a way to do this because Ore- gonians have been wait- ing too long.” The Employment De- partment is proactively notifying claimants who have been identified to fall into this group via email and robo calls. Strict laws governing unemployment insur- ance to prevent fraud and provide people due process require that each claim be reviewed. The Employment De- partment estimates that tens of thousands of Or- egonians whose claims are in adjudication may be eligible for PUA if they are not eligible for regular unemployment. This pool of Orego- nians could begin re- ceiving “Benefits While You Wait.” The department will contact people who may be able to receive “Ben- efits While You Wait” over the next several weeks. Oregonians who may be eligible for “Benefits While You Wait”: 1. Applied for regular unemployment benefits; 2. Had their claim flagged for adjudica- tion because the Em- ployment Department has to determine if they meet the legal require- ments to get regular un- employment benefits; 3. They are out of work due to a COVID-19 qualifying reason (see full list below); AND 4.Are likely eligible for PUA if they cannot receive regular unem- ployment benefits. For now, people should continue filing their weekly claims as they have been. The Employment Depart- ment will notify people who may be able to ben- efit from this approach. The administrative workaround will work as follows: • As long as claimants qualify for PUA and file weekly regular unem- ployment claims, the Employment Depart- ment will pay these Or- egonians their regular unemployment benefit amount until their claim is adjudicated. If, at the end of the adjudication process, it turns out that they qualified for regular unemployment benefits, nothing will change. They will keep getting regular unemployment benefits as long as they file their weekly claims and are eligible. • If it turns out they didn’t qualify for reg- ular unemployment, then the Employment Department will move their claims into the PUA program. If their PUA weekly benefit amount is higher, the Employment Depart- ment will also send them the increase for all the past weeks they got the regular UI amount. • In the unlikely event this results in overpay- ment, the person would have to pay it back. “Benefits While You Wait” is not available to individuals having their claims reviewed because of past or current school work experience, people who need to prove they are legally authorized to work in the U.S., claim- ants who reported being out of their labor market at least 3.5 days during a week, and some other situations. COVID-19 reasons a person may be eligible for PUA: • They have been diag- nosed with COVID-19 or they have symptoms of COVID-19 and are seeking a medical diag- nosis. • A member of their household has been diagnosed with COVID-19. • They are caring for a family member or a member of their house- hold who has been diag- nosed with COVID-19. • Their child can’t go to school because their school is closed as a direct result of the COVID-19 public health emergency, and they need their child to be in school for them to work. • A person in their household for whom they have primary care- giving responsibility can’t go to a facility for care because the facility is closed as a direct re- sult of the COVID-19 public health emergen- cy, and they need them to be in facility care for them to work. • They can’t get to their workplace because of a quarantine im- posed as a direct result of the COVID-19 public health emergency. • They can’t get to their workplace because a health care provid- er has advised them to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19. • They were sched- uled to start a job but they can’t start it or can’t get to it as a direct result of the COVID-19 public health emergency. • They have become the main income earn- er for their household because the head of their household died as a direct result of COVID-19. • They had to quit their job as a direct re- sult of COVID-19. • Their workplace is closed as a direct result of the COVID-19 public health emergency. For more informa- tion, visit www.oregon. gov/employ/unemploy- ment. DEATH NOTICES VESPOLI —Joseph James Vespoli, 64, of Drain, died July 25, 2020. Arrangements by Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel, Cottage Grove. MILLER—Johnathon ARREST On Aug. 3, 44-year-old the First Degree, one count Boudie Lancaster of Cot- of Assault in the Second tage Grove was arrested Degree, and one count of and lodged Felon in Posses- at the Lane sion of a Weapon. County Jail The Lane in connec- County Sheriff ’s tion with a Office would shooting that like to thank the occurred Douglas Coun- that morn- ty Sheriff ’s Of- ing near the fice, the Oregon 72900 block State Police, Boudie of London the Eugene Lancaster Rd., south Police Depart- of Cottage ment, South Grove. Lane Fire, and Life Flight Lancaster is being held for their assistance in this on two counts of Assault in case. 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The injunction issued against the Department of Homeland Securi- ty prevents the agency from enforcing, apply- ing, implementing or treating as effective the “public charge” rule for any period during a de- clared national health emergency in response to the COVID-19 out- break. The rule had expand- ed the list of benefits that the federal gov- ernment could consid- er in deciding whether a person can enter the United States or obtain lawful permanent resi- dency. “The public charge rule has worsened health disparities, es- pecially for the Lati- Is that A/C not blowing as cold as last year? 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