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Jan 28, 2021 10:38 AM
During the week of Jan. 17-23, a total of 472 initial weekly claims for state unemployment benefits were processed by the Department of Labor and Regulation. This is a decrease of 278 claims from the prior week’s total of 750.
A total of $1.2 million was paid out in state benefits, in addition to $1.1 million in Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), $8,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and $222,000 in Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) benefits.
The Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund balance was $157.6 million on Jan. 24.
The latest number of continued state claims is 4,957 for the week ending Jan. 16, a decrease of 718 from the prior week’s total of 5,675. This indicates the number of unemployed workers eligible for and receiving benefits after their initial claim.
North Carolina looks to recover more than $69M in unemployment overpayments by Nyamekye Daniel, The Center Square | January 27, 2021 10:00 AM Print this article
The North Carolina Division of Employment Security (NCDES) overpaid more than $69 million in unemployment benefits in 2020, officials said.
The state agency has received an unprecedented number of claims because of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing the potential for fraud, misrepresentation and errors, NCDES Assistant Secretary Pryor Gibson said. Not only did we have more money going into the regular [Unemployment Insurance] system, Gibson told the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Unemployment Insurance on Tuesday. We also had many more programs in place that constituted more overpayment scenarios.
January 27, 20219:12 am
We’ve reported several times, with ensuing flourishing forums by frustrated applicants (841 comments on this particular item), about the state’s progress in getting federally authorized assistance programs underway for those left jobless by the pandemic.
KTHV did further reporting on the subject yesterday. As luck has it, I received a comprehensive rundown on the various unemployment programs late yesterday from
Alisha Curtis, spokesperson for the
Arkansas Commerce Department, which oversees the
Workforce Services Division. Questions and answers follow, in full, with a key fact being that Arkansas is still weeks away from having its computer system updated to handled pandemic unemployment assistance payments. It is apparently one of a small number of of states in that posture.
Now that unemployment benefits have resumed for Pennsylvania’s self-employed workers, the state is working on fixing glitches that have slowed the claim process.
Since the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program reopened on Jan. 22, the Department of Labor and Industry has received reports of problems with filing claims, Acting Secretary Jennifer Barrier said in an update Tuesday.
“While we know that payments were issued to many claimants over the past four days, we are also aware that some people have encountered issues. We understand the frustration of the claimants who’ve been waiting for their payments to resume we are frustrated too and are working to make it right,” Berrier said.
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