Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced last week that the department’s new unemployment compensation system will launch June 8.The new system – which will replace an obsolete 40-year-old mainframe legacy system – is expected to make it faster and simpler for Pennsylvanians to file claims. The new system will be easy to use, provide access to important information and streamline the unemployment claim filing process for workers, employers, unemployment program staff and third-party administrators, Berrier said. System will have to be shut down for weeksMoving data from one system to the other will require shutting down the unemployment compensation system for two weeks, meaning people will not be able to file claims during that time.The shutdown will impact anyone getting Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation and extended benefits.Filers will still be paid for backdated claims during the transition period. New unemplo
Jobless claims rise in Michigan, likely linked to chip shortages
Jobless claims rise in Michigan, likely linked to chip shortages
Up nearly 6,000 from the week prior
Total on unemployment continues to fall
Despite new U.S. jobless claims reaching the lowest point since the pandemic began more than a year ago, claims in Michigan rose last week.
For the week ending April 17 in Michigan, 21,861 filed new unemployment claims, up from 16,470 the week prior.
Nationally, 547,000 filed new claims last week, better than the prior week s 576,000 and the lowest during the pandemic-era jobs purge.
Still roughly 3.67 million Americans remain on state unemployment insurance and more than 17 million were on some form of unemployment benefits as of April 3.
Colorado estimates 6,700 new unemployment claims
Labor officials report only $9.6 million in regular unemployment benefits were paid out last week, and said new identification requirements are contributing. Author: Wilson Beese (9NEWS) Updated: 8:58 AM MDT April 22, 2021
DENVER The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) estimates 6,718 initial unemployment insurance (UI) claims were filed when adjusting for fraud and $9.6 million in benefits were paid out the week ending April 17.
CDLE also said 1,310 initial Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claims were filed the same week.
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For the week end ending April 10, there were 209,232 requests for continued weeks including 63,260 for regular UI, 61,752 for PUA and 84,220 for Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC).
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In total, approximately 2,000 people were filing an initial claim or reopening their unemployment claim.
About 14,400 weekly certifications, or continued claims, were filed last week for state unemployment, with another 13,200 weekly certifications filed under PUA. In addition, about 17,400 weekly certifications were filed for the federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program. Weekly certifications must be filed by claimants every week in order to continue to receive unemployment benefits.
Between March 15, 2020 and April 17, 2021, the Maine Department of Labor has paid out over $2.1 billion in federal and state unemployment benefits.
The Department has handled approximately 252,800 initial claims for the state unemployment program and 110,900 initial claims for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. Note: Claims do not equal the number of unique unemployment claimants. There have been over 3.8 million weekly certifications filed.