Unemployment Insurance  

Initial Claims – 7,210 initial claims were processed during the month of April, an increase of 655 (10.0%) from the previous month, and a decrease of 512 (-6.6%) from a year ago. Of the 7,210 initial claims processed this month, 287 (4.0%) were filed by customers who were not citizens of the U.S. Of the 3,549 monetary determinations issued in April, 475 (13.4%) were monetarily ineligible.   

Weeks Claimed – 68,585 weeks claimed were processed during the month of April, a decrease of 2,934 (-4.1%) from the previous month and a decrease of 5,445 (-7.4%) from a year ago.  There were 62,294 payments made in April, which resulted in payments totaling $21.2 million.  There were 5,715 (9.2%) partial payments issued in April 2013 compared to 7,656 (11.4%) last year.  The average weekly benefit payment was $340.  The number of weekly benefit payments is averaging 16.7 weeks per claim.  

Workshare – 88 initial claims were processed for Workshare benefits this month, a decrease of 115 (-56.7%) from the previous month and a decrease of 77 (-46.7%) from April 2012. It is estimated that 21 layoffs were averted this month as a result of Rhode Island ’s Workshare program.  

First and Final Claims – 2,672 first payments and 1,831 final payments were issued in April 2013. The current exhaustion duration ratio is 45.3 percent.  

Non-monetary Determinations – 1,827 non-monetary determinations were issued during the month of April 2013.  Of the 1,827 determinations, 1,274 (69.7%) were separation issues and 553 (30.3%) were non-separation issues.  Denials were issued for 575 (45.1%) separation issues and 515 (93.1%) non-separation issues.  

Appeals – 417 appeal decisions were processed with the Board of Review in April 2013.  Of the 417 processed, 328 (78.7%) were filed by UI applicants and 89 (21.3%) were filed by employers.  The Board upheld the director’s decision in nearly two-thirds of the cases.

Emergency Unemployment Compensation 08  

Initial Claims – EUC08, which became effective July 6, 2008, provides up to 47 weeks of federally funded benefits to eligible individuals who exhausted their UI claims.  There were 1,843 initial claims processed during the month of April, a decrease of 332 (-15.3%) from the previous month, and a decrease of 655 (-26.2%) from a year ago.  Of the 7,457 monetary determinations issued 6 (0.1%) were monetarily ineligible. The increase in monetary determinations is due to the recalculation of benefit rates for all EUC claimants required by sequestration.  

Number of Payments - There were 36,330 (12,821 under tier 1, 10,978 under tier 2, 6,971 under tier 3 and 5,560 under tier 4) payments issued in April, which resulted in payments totaling $13.1 million. The average weekly benefit payment was $359.  

First and Final Claims – 2,904 first payments (1,028 under tier 1, 702 under tier 2, 693 under tier 3 and 481 under tier 4) and 3,068 final payments (828 under tier 1, 995 under tier 2, 661 under tier 3 and 584 under tier 4) were issued in April 2013.  To date 94,458 individuals have collected EUC08 benefits.