Maryland Sees 12% Rise In First-Time Unemployment Claims - Bethesda-Chevy Chase, MD - First-time unemployment claims in Maryland rose slightly last week to 13,582, up from 12,124 the previous week, official data shows.
Congressâ passing and President Joe Bidenâs signing of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill means there wonât be any gaps in people getting federal or state unemployment insurance benefits, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment officials said Thursday.
Thatâs not only because the measure passed before the existing programs expire, unlike when those programs were extended after they ended in late December, but also because Congress didnât put any new guidelines or restrictions on how the aid is to be doled out, said Phil Spesshardt, acting director of the departmentâs unemployment insurance division.
That December extension, which took the state nearly a month to implement because it came after previous programs had expired and far more restrictions were placed on how they were to be implemented, was due to expire on Saturday.
Atlanta, GA – The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) is awaiting the signing of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) by President Biden that will extend potential unemployment insurance benefits for those still unemployed through September 6, 2021. The ARP will also extend the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) weekly supplement of $300 for […]
Are States’ Unemployment Systems Recovering from COVID-19? The number of unemployed Americans skyrocketed due to COVID-19 and the surge hit state unemployment systems hard. We look at systems in Hawaii, Rhode Island, Indiana and Texas. Jed Pressgrove, Government Technology | March 12, 2021 | Analysis
During the first quarter of 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor told an unforgettable story with its unemployment insurance claim numbers. In the week that ended on March 21, UI claims across the country amounted to about 3 million, dwarfing the previous week’s count of roughly 250,000 claims nationwide. “This marks the highest level of seasonally adjusted initial claims in the history of the seasonally adjusted series,” a DOL press release robotically pointed out.