AUGUSTA For the week ending April 24, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,700 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 150 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). In total,.
N.J. unemployment filings rise as certification problems continue
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
More than 12,300 new unemployment claims were filed the week ending April 24, a 17% jump from the previous week, which saw a decline, the Labor Department announced.
The Labor Department didn’t provide an update on the New Jerseyans who were unable to certify after the state triggered off High Extended Benefits and intended to transition those claimants to the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program.
It’s unclear how many people were mistakenly excluded from the switch, which the IT division has already rectified through reconfigured programming. The issue affected claimants who were past week 13 of High Extended Benefits, and was resolved en masse, spokeswoman Angela Delli-Santi said.
Jobless Claims Stand at Lowest Level in Over a Year
With more states and cities lifting restrictive business measures amid a decline in the number of coronavirus cases, the jobs economy continues to show signs of improvement. Let’s take a look inside the latest weekly jobless claim figures released by the Department of Labor this morning as technology specialists from ON Partners weigh in.
April 29, 2021 – The Labor Department reported this morning that 553,000 Americans filed new claims for state unemployment benefits. This is the lowest level for initial claims since March 14, 2020 when it was 256,000. The previous week’s level was revised up by 19,000 from 547,000 to 566,000. With the revisions, this is the lowest level of claims since the pandemic struck last year. Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal had been looking for a drop to 528,000 new claims. Since last February, the U.S. has lost over 11 million jobs. While the number of weekly claims remains inordi
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An additional 11,491 Marylanders applied for first-time jobless benefits last week, pushing the total number of filings to more than 1.81 million during the coronavirus pandemic. (Shutterstock)
MARYLAND Another 11,491 Marylanders sought jobless benefits for the first time last week, the state s labor department reported Thursday.
The latest figure, which covers the week ending April 24, represents a 20.7 percent increase from the 9,514 claims that were filed the prior week. It also pushes the total number of filings since March 2020 to more than 1.81 million during the coronavirus pandemic.
While the number of initial filings has dropped substantially from its peak in May 2020, it is still high by historical standards.
N.J. unemployment claimants deal with another headache after program switch leaves some out
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
When New Jersey’s unemployment rate dropped below 8%, the state was disqualified from High Extended Benefits. Claimants relying on the program were told they didn’t need to do anything, and would be “automatically, seamlessly” transitioned to another federal program.
But hundreds of unemployed residents have reported receiving error messages when trying to certify their claims, even if they are still eligible for unemployment.
The state Department of Labor told NJ Advance Media a “finite number of claimants who had been collecting extended benefits for more than 13 weeks and who certified for benefits during certain windows last week” are affected.