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DUA Coverage in South Dakota

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Are all employees in South Dakota covered by the DUA?

Many employees and employers in the state of South Dakota are covered by the Disaster Unemployment Assistance program if they have been in a disaster, such as a storm, a flood, or a fire. The program is a federal program, meaning that it could apply to qualifying employers and employees in states across the country, not just in South Dakota.

If there has been a large-scale disaster that has put employees out of work, the DUA program may provide financial assistance to qualifying employees.  This financial assistance could last up to 29 months after the disaster. Not all disasters will be covered by the Act. In fact, in order for a disaster to be covered, the President of the United States needs to declare that the disaster is a federal disaster. Only then can funds be released to provide financial assistance to displaced workers.

If an employee is already receiving unemployment insurance from any state or is eligible to receive unemployment insurance, the DUA program will not provide the individual with financial assistance. Also, the employee needs to meet at least one of the following criteria for coverage by the DUA program;

·         Employees should have been employed at the time of the disaster by an employer that was directly impacted by the disaster

·         The employee should believe that the employment would have continued if it had not been for the disaster

·         If an employee was not actually employed at the time of the disaster, but the employee had a contract that was set to begin, the employee could receive some DUA funding

·         Employees may also receive funding if they have become the head of a household as a direct result of the death of the former head of the household in the disaster. CB