New and continuing unemployment claims in Iowa increased the week of Dec. 27, with continuing claims reaching their highest point since October.
New claims rose from 7,141 to 8,236. Continuing claims jumped from 38,023 to 43,901.
According to Iowa Workforce Development, about 68.6 percent of claims were not related to coronavirus, which was down from 70.6 percent in the previous week.
Construction was the largest source of claims with 2,026, followed by manufacturing with 1,698, and self-employed and independent contractors with 731.
Administrative, support, waste management and remediation services had 555 claims, and the retail trade had 469 claims.
It resulted in $12.9 million in standard unemployment benefits, $6.3 million in Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation and $4.1 million in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
$300 in additional unemployment benefits available for those affected by pandemic
By: John Riley
and last updated 2021-01-07 20:50:33-05
HELENA â Montana has begun paying an additional $300 to individuals on unemployment during the pandemic.
The Montana Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) is able to offer the Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefit through the passage of the recent federal legislation the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020.
DLI began paying the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Benefit (FPUC) benefit on Tuesday, Jan. 5. $3.2 million in FPUC payments were made at that time.
Under the legislation, all eligible claimants will receive the additional $300 per week unemployment payment. FPUC benefit payments are fully federally-funded and the funds are added to the recipientâs state weekly benefit amount.
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GDOL Issues Continued Assistance Act Payments To Over 166,000 Georgians Thursday, January 7, 2021
The Georgia Department of Labor issued over $130 million last week to Georgians in regular Unemployment Insurance (UI), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), State Extended Benefits (SEB), and Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) payments. The total issued included payments to almost 167,000 Georgians as part of the Continued Assistance Act (CAA) included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 providing extended benefits for claimants on PEUC and PUA. Last week, almost 300,000 claimants received an FPUC supplement.
The GDOL is still receiving federal guidance on programming the 11-week extension for over 239,000 claimants who exhausted PEUC and PUA benefits on or before week-ending date 12/26/20. Claimants should not file a new claim if they have exhausted benefits, but
The DOL reported:
In the week ending January 2, the advance figure for
seasonally adjusted initial claims was 787,000, a decrease of 3,000
from the previous week s revised level. The previous week s level was revised up by 3,000 from 787,000 to 790,000. The
4-week moving average was 818,750, a decrease of 18,750 from the previous week s revised average. The previous
week s average was revised up by 750 from 836,750 to 837,500.
emphasis addedThis does not include the 161,460 initial claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) that was down from 310,462 the previous week.
The following graph shows the 4-week moving average of weekly claims since 1971.
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The dashed line on the graph is the current 4-week average. The four-week average of weekly unemployment claims decreased to 818,750.