WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (WTIC Radio) - The Connecticut Department of Labor has begun processing the extra $600 weekly unemployment payments authorized by federal coronavirus stimulus legislation, officials announced Tuesday.
The payments are retroactive to March 29 and will be provided through July 25. For those who missed payments, officials say the money will be sent in a lump-sum payment by the end of the week.
The Labor Department needed to build the computer system to process the claims.
Claimants can check their online accounts on the department's website at www.filectui.com and see the deposits were issued over the weekend.
Officials say they are still working on another system that will allow the self employed to file unemployment claims. The system should be ready on Thursday, they said.
