Some jobless payments to be cut

The federal cuts known as the sequester will start to bite tens of thousands of Georgia’s jobless at the end of the month.

Although regular state benefits are not affected, extended benefits that are funded by federal payments will be cut 10.7 percent starting the week of March 31, the state’s Labor Department announced late Monday.

The extended benefits current go to 61,360 Georgians.

Workers receive a maximum benefit of $330 a week. The average, however, $260 a week, the Labor Department said.

The sequester will also cut $3 million from a grant to the state government to administer the program. Officials said they don’t know yet what the impact of that cut will be.

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