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What should we know as employers about the DUA program in case there is a disaster in Nebraska?

The Disaster Unemployment Assistance program is a federal program that is administered by the federal government. Because it is a federal program, it applies to employees and employers in states across the country, including employees and employers in the state of Nebraska. According to the DUA, employees may receive some financial assistance after a disaster for up to 29 months as long as the disaster qualifies as a federal disaster and the employee is no longer able to work.

In order for a disaster to qualify for DUA assistance, the disaster needs to be declared a federal disaster by the President of the United States. Qualifying disasters may include storms, floods, and fires, among other disasters.

Employees may receive financial assistance under the program if they are not currently eligible to receive or receiving funds from any unemployment insurance program in any state, including the state of Nebraska. Also, employees should meet at least one of the following criteria:

·         The employee should be employed at the time of the disaster with every reason to believe that the employment would continue if it were not for the disaster.

·         In some cases, if the employee was not actually employed at the time of the disaster, but had a contract that was scheduled to begin, the employee may receive financial compensation if he or she cannot work because of the disaster.

·         The employee needs to be out of work as a direct result of the disaster. For example, the employee needs to have been injured in the disaster. Also, if the employee’s place of work was damaged or destroyed in the disaster, the employee could receive compensation.

·         Also, if an individual became the head of a household because of the death of the former head of the household in the disaster, the individual could receive financial compensation. CB