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New jobless claims in New Hampshire dropped overall last week, as more workers returned to jobs amid improving public health metrics.
At least 1,759 new applications for benefits were filed for the week that ended April 17 – an increase of 119 from the previous week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor s weekly report.
But the slight uptick in new claims for state benefits was offset by a big drop in new claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, a federally backed program that covers workers not eligible for traditional state unemployment benefits. There were only 38 claims for PUA benefits last week, a drop of 630 claims over the previous week.
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Provision in budget companion bill would make it harder to both raise and lower them
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Deputy Employment Security Commissioner Richard Lavers
New Hampshire unemployment taxes could no longer be raised at the discretion of the Employment Security commissioner under some changes tucked away in the budget the House passed last week, but it will also be harder to lower them.
The idea is to build up the unemployment trust fund with a strong enough cushion so the state won’t need a cash infusion – from a national economic stimulus program, expensive borrowing from the federal government or increased taxes – to rescue it during the next economic downturn, said Richard Lavers, deputy director of New Hampshire Employment Security.