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Feb 4, 2021 8:48 AM
During the week of Jan. 24-30, a total of 473 initial weekly claims for state unemployment benefits were processed by the Department of Labor and Regulation. This is a decrease of 107 claims from the prior week’s total of 580.
A total of $1.2 million was paid out in state benefits, in addition to $1.3 million in Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), $38,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and $275,000 in Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) benefits.
The Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund balance was $157.8 million on Jan. 31.
The latest number of continued state claims is 5,291 for the week ending Jan. 23, an increase of 375 from the prior week’s total of 4,916. This indicates the number of unemployed workers eligible for and receiving benefits after their initial claim.
VEC: Testing of PEUC program underway to implement as soon as possible Virginia Employment Commission (Source: NBC12) By Karina Bolster | February 3, 2021 at 5:55 PM EST - Updated February 3 at 7:10 PM
HENRICO Co., Va. (WWBT) - Virginians anxiously waiting to file claims under the extended Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program will have to wait a bit longer.
In the Virginia Employment Commission’s (VEC) weekly update Wednesday, it stated “The VEC continues to work to implement this program. More information will be forthcoming… Please monitor your Gov2Go account.”
The PEUC program is one of two federal unemployment benefit programs extended until March 13, 2021, through the Continued Assistance Act signed by former President Donald Trump on Dec. 27, 2020.
New unemployment claims in Michigan continued their slow decline last week, dropping for the fourth straight week as COVID-19 cases decrease in the state and many restrictions have been lifted.
New claims in Michigan declined to an estimated 16,647 in the week ending Jan. 30, a drop from 18,446 the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. Last year at this time, there were nearly 7,000 new claims.
Michigan s claims were estimated for the week ending Jan. 30 because the state s labor department was unable to generate a final report due to the processing constraints experienced with all of the new and reopened claims, Jason Moon, a spokesperson for the department said.
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