Colorado Department of Labor and Employment officials launched new technology Sunday to handle the hundreds of thousands of unemployment insurance claims it receives and processes annually.
The state’s long-awaited new unemployment insurance filing system is up and running, but only displaced Colorado workers who are receiving regular benefits can request weekly payments at this time.
Unless Congress acts, the $600 per week boost to unemployment benefits will be cut off at a time when a record number of Americans depend on that assistance..
The N.C. Division of Employment Security reported Tuesday there were 10,458 claims filed Monday.
That s up from 3,063 claims Saturday and 7,139 on Sunday. The seven-day range is 3,063 to 10,458.
The record daily high for the pandemic stands at 43,297 claims filed on Dec. 27 â the day after the federal PEUC and PUA programs expired. DES said in a Dec. 27 statement that the increase in claims filed after Dec. 26 does not indicate . new claimants entering the system.
Altogether, there have been 3.17 million state and federal UI claims during the pandemic including 1.4 million initial claims. Some federal programs require filing additional state claims.
About 32% of the 4.37 million North Carolinians considered part of the stateâs workforce as of mid-November have filed a state or federal unemployment claim.