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Monthly Claims Update
Month Ending April
30, 2013
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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
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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.
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Claims
Summary
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Unemployment
Insurance
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Current
Month |
Previous
Month |
Year
Ago |
Percent
Change From |
Year to Date
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Previous
Month |
Year
Ago |
2013
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2012
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| Initial Claims |
7,210 |
6,555 |
7,722 |
10.0% |
-6.6% |
33,156 |
33,592 |
| Monetary
Determinations |
3,549 |
4,120 |
3,447 |
-13.9% |
3.0% |
20,593 |
20,691 |
| Monetary Ineligible |
475 |
603 |
301 |
-21.2% |
57.8% |
2,468 |
1,990 |
| Weeks Claimed |
68,585 |
71,519 |
74,030 |
-4.1% |
-7.4% |
286,637 |
326,811 |
| Number of Payments |
62,294 |
66,476 |
67,014 |
-6.3% |
-7.0% |
261,856 |
297,158 |
| Amount of Payments
(millions) |
$21.2 |
$23.0 |
$24.8 |
-7.9% |
-14.4% |
$90.3 |
$110.8 |
| Average Payment |
$340 |
$346 |
$370 |
-1.7% |
-7.9% |
$345 |
$375 |
| Partial Payments |
5,715 |
5,639 |
7,656 |
1.3% |
-25.4% |
22,684 |
30,180 |
| Average Duration (12
months) |
16.7 |
16.7 |
17.0 |
0.0% |
-1.8% |
16.7 |
17.0 |
| Exhaustion Ratio (12
months) |
45.3 |
46.5 |
52.4 |
-2.5% |
-13.5% |
45.3 |
52.4 |
| First Payments |
2,672 |
3,280 |
3,019 |
-18.5% |
-11.5% |
15,991 |
17,992 |
| Final Payments |
1,831 |
1,602 |
2,538 |
14.3% |
-27.9% |
6,382 |
8,957 |
| Workshare Initial
Claims |
88 |
203 |
165 |
-56.7% |
-46.7% |
731 |
1,125 |
| Workshare
Equivalency |
21 |
62 |
47 |
-66.1% |
-55.3% |
192 |
295 |
| Workshare
Continued Claims |
2,084 |
2,325 |
4,814 |
-10.4% |
-56.7% |
7,892 |
18,492 |
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| Emergency
Unemployment Compensation 08 |
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Percent
Change From |
Year to Date
2013 |
Since
Program Began |
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Current
Month |
Previous
Month |
Year
Ago |
Previous
Month |
Year
Ago |
| Initial Claims |
1,843 |
2,175 |
2,498 |
-15.3% |
-26.2% |
8,011 |
167,964 |
| Monetary
Determinations |
7,457 |
1,032 |
1,381 |
622.6% |
440.0% |
10,465 |
102,226 |
| Monetary Ineligible |
6 |
15 |
62 |
-60.0% |
-90.3% |
58 |
2,531 |
| Number of Payments |
36,330 |
31,715 |
54,095 |
14.6% |
-32.8% |
130,965 |
2,979,881 |
| Amount of Payments
(millions) |
$13.1 |
$11.8 |
$19.8 |
10.9% |
-34.1% |
$48.7 |
$1,092.0 |
| Average Payment |
$359 |
$371 |
$366 |
-3.2% |
-1.9% |
$372 |
$366 |
| Average
Duration (12 months) |
36.9 |
36.9 |
40.6 |
0.0% |
-9.1% |
36.9 |
31.5 |
| First Payments (tier
1) |
1,028 |
1,040 |
1,492 |
-1.2% |
-31.1% |
3,898 |
94,458 |
| Final Payments (tier
1) |
828 |
834 |
1,217 |
-0.7% |
-32.0% |
3,388 |
72,714 |
| First Payments (tier
2) |
702 |
638 |
865 |
10.0% |
-18.8% |
2,828 |
61,662 |
| Final Payments (tier
2) |
995 |
829 |
1,165 |
20.0% |
-14.6% |
3,090 |
62,184 |
| First Payments (tier
3) |
693 |
569 |
743 |
21.8% |
-6.7% |
2,259 |
42,431 |
| Final Payments (tier
3) |
661 |
606 |
1,059 |
9.1% |
-37.6% |
2,564 |
44,556 |
| First Payments (tier
4) |
481 |
461 |
757 |
4.3% |
-36.5% |
1,806 |
34,760 |
| Final Payments (tier
4) |
584 |
529 |
1,024 |
10.4% |
-43.0% |
2,375 |
37,744 |
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