(CNN) States that have terminated pandemic unemployment benefits early can restart the programs, but there may be a break in payments for some laid-off Americans, the Biden administration said Monday. The guidance comes as jobless residents in more states file lawsuits to reinstate the benefits. Unemployed workers in Ohio and Oklahoma this month joined those in Indiana , Maryland and Texas in turning to state courts to force their governors to resume the payments. In addition to the $300 weekly supplement, the federal programs provide benefits to freelancers, the self-employed, independent contractors and certain people affected by the coronavirus and to those who have exhausted their regular state benefits. The three pandemic unemployment programs are scheduled to expire in early September in the states that are continuing them.

Source: CNN July 13, 2021 00:00 UTC