Colorado Prepares to Launch New Unemployment System
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment shut down its unemployment benefits systems as it began moving more than 1.5 million claims over to a newer, modernized platform set to launch this weekend. by Joe Rubino, The Denver Post / January 7, 2020 Colorado State Capitol / Credit: Colorado State Government
(TNS) It s a pivotal week for the
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment and the hundreds of thousands of Coloradans who are relying on unemployment benefits to get by during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Tuesday afternoon, the state shut down its unemployment benefits systems as it began moving more than 1.5 million claims over to a newer, modernized platform set to launch this weekend.
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New and continuing unemployment claims in Iowa increased the week of Dec. 27, with continuing claims reaching their highest point since October.
New claims rose from 7,141 to 8,236. Continuing claims jumped from 38,023 to 43,901.
According to Iowa Workforce Development, about 68.6 percent of claims were not related to coronavirus, which was down from 70.6 percent in the previous week.
Construction was the largest source of claims with 2,026, followed by manufacturing with 1,698, and self-employed and independent contractors with 731.
Administrative, support, waste management and remediation services had 555 claims, and the retail trade had 469 claims.
It resulted in $12.9 million in standard unemployment benefits, $6.3 million in Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation and $4.1 million in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
Alabama begins processing new $300 unemployment boost The Alabama Department of Labor has begun processing payments for the CARES Act extensions. By WSFA Staff | January 6, 2021 at 6:02 PM CST - Updated January 6 at 6:02 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama Department of Labor has begun processing payments for the CARES Act extensions.
That included the $300 weekly Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payment.
Claimants who are eligible for these payments will not need to take action other than continuing to file their weekly certifications.
Officials say claimants should expect to see payments as soon as this week, depending on their bank’s policies.
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GDOL Issues Continued Assistance Act Payments To Over 166,000 Georgians Thursday, January 7, 2021
The Georgia Department of Labor issued over $130 million last week to Georgians in regular Unemployment Insurance (UI), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), State Extended Benefits (SEB), and Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) payments. The total issued included payments to almost 167,000 Georgians as part of the Continued Assistance Act (CAA) included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 providing extended benefits for claimants on PEUC and PUA. Last week, almost 300,000 claimants received an FPUC supplement.
The GDOL is still receiving federal guidance on programming the 11-week extension for over 239,000 claimants who exhausted PEUC and PUA benefits on or before week-ending date 12/26/20. Claimants should not file a new claim if they have exhausted benefits, but