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Monthly Claims Update Unemployment Insurance Initial
Claims
6,909 initial
claims were processed during the month of October, an increase of 304
(4.6%) from the previous month, and an increase of 758 (12.3%) from a year
ago. Of the 6,909 initial
claims processed this month, 194 (2.8%) were filed by customers who were
not citizens of the Weeks
Claimed
68,811
weeks claimed were processed during the month of October, a decrease
of 8,166 (-10.6%) from the previous month
and an increase of 13,673 (24.8%) from a year ago.
There were 62,270 payments made in October, which resulted in
payments totaling $23.5 million. There
were 7,087 (11.4%) partial payments issued in October 2009 compared to
4,785 (9.6%) last year. The
average weekly benefit payment was $378.
The number of weekly benefit payments is averaging 19.4 weeks per
claim. Workshare
1,908
initial claims were processed for Workshare benefits this month, a
decrease of 279 (-12.8%) from the previous month and an increase of 1,289
(208.2%) from October 2008. It
is estimated that 405 layoffs were averted this month as a result of First and
Final Claims
2,836
first payments and 2,611 final payments were issued in October 2009.
The current exhaustion duration ratio is 60.8 percent. Non-monetary
Determinations
1,768
non-monetary determinations were issued during the month of October 2009.
Of the 1,768 determinations, 1,221 (69.1%) were separation issues
and 547 (30.9%) were non-separation issues.
Denials were issued for 585 (47.9%) separation issues and 469
(85.7%) non-separation issues. Appeals 533 appeal decisions were processed with the Board of Review in October 2009. Of the 533 processed, 454 (85.2%) were filed by UI applicants and 79 (14.8%) were filed by employers. The Board upheld the directors decision in nearly two-thirds of the cases. Emergency
Unemployment Compensation 08
Initial
Claims
EUC08, which became effective July 6, 2008, provided up to thirteen weeks
of federally funded benefits to eligible individuals who exhausted their
UI claims. In November 2008,
the program was expanded to provide up to twenty weeks of additional
benefits in all states and a second tier of benefits was added which
provided up to thirteen more weeks of benefits to states with high
unemployment rates. There were
4,248 initial claims processed during the month of October, an increase of
3 (0.1%) from the previous month, and an increase of 2,407 (130.7%) from a
year ago. Of the 2,254
monetary determinations issued 50 (2.2%) were monetarily ineligible. Number
of Payments
- There were 55,008
(38,878 under tier 1 and 16,130 under tier 2) payments issued in October,
which resulted in payments totaling $20.5 million.
The average weekly benefit payment was $372. First and Final Claims 3,859 first payments (2,247 under tier 1 and 1,612 under tier 2) and 2,948 final payments (1,759 under tier 1 and 1,189 under tier 2) were issued in October 2009. To date 37,351 individuals have collected EUC08 benefits and 11,482 final payments have been made. Extended
Benefits
Initial
Claims EB
is available to individuals who have exhausted EUC08 claims.
There were 989 initial claims processed during the month of
October, an increase of 50 (5.3%) from the previous month.
Of the 908 monetary determinations issued 2 (0.2%) were monetarily
ineligible. Number
of Payments -
There were 12,357 payments issued in October, which resulted in payments
totaling $4.3 million. The
average weekly benefit payment was $350. First and Final Claims 861 first payments were issued and 659 final payments was issued in October 2009. To date 9,142 first payments and 4,034 final payments have been made. |
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For more information on Unemployment Insurance, visit the UI web site at www.dlt.ri.gov/ui. |
