How does EUC benefits affect a Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA) payment?
An individual cannot collect TRA for a week if he or she is eligible to receive EUC benefits. EUC benefits must be paid instead of TRA benefits. If a person is claiming TRA benefits, the TRA benefits are suspended until he or she exhausts their EUC benefits. The maximum amount of EUC benefits that a claimant may receive may be deducted from the maximum amount of basic TRA payable to the individual if the EUC benefits and the TRA are based on the same regular unemployment claim. When the individual exhausts EUC benefits, his or her eligibility to resume TRA will be determined. TRA eligibility periods for basic, additional, and remedial TRA will not be revised or extended because of eligibility for EUC benefits.
