MDOL: News & Events
January 21, 2021 Claims for Unemployment Compensation, Week Ending January 16 AUGUSTA - For the week ending January 16, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 3,300 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 1,000 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). In total, approximately 3,800 people were filing an initial claim or reopening their unemployment claim. About 17,000 weekly certifications, or continued claims, were filed last week for state unemployment, with another 14,300 weekly certifications filed under PUA. In addition, about 17,85...