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Monthly Claims Update
Month Ending December 31, 2011
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Unemployment Insurance  

Initial Claims11,313 initial claims were processed during the month of December, an increase of 3,477 (44.4%) from the previous month, and a decrease of 1,489 (-11.6%) from a year ago.  Of the 11,313 initial claims processed this month, 550 (4.9%) were filed by customers who were not citizens of the U.S.   Of the 6,361 monetary determinations issued in December, 631 (9.9%) were monetarily ineligible.  

Weeks Claimed 62,901 weeks claimed were processed during the month of December, an increase of 5,785 (10.1%) from the previous month and a decrease of 8,135 (-11.5%) from a year ago.  There were 56,499 payments made in December, which resulted in payments totaling $20.7 million.  There were 6,585 (11.7%) partial payments issued in December 2011 compared to 7,403 (11.6%) last year.  The average weekly benefit payment was $367.  The number of weekly benefit payments is averaging 17.1 weeks per claim.  

Workshare 331 initial claims were processed for Workshare benefits this month, a decrease of 98 (-22.8%) from the previous month and a decrease of 396 (-54.5%) from December 2010.  It is estimated that 107 layoffs were averted this month as a result of Rhode Island ’s Workshare program.  

First and Final Claims 3,802 first payments and 1,705 final payments were issued in December 2011.  The current exhaustion duration ratio is 54.1 percent.  

Non-monetary Determinations 1,779 non-monetary determinations were issued during the month of December 2011.  Of the 1,779 determinations, 1,232 (69.3%) were separation issues and 547 (30.7%) were non-separation issues.  Denials were issued for 554 (45.0%) separation issues and 491 (89.8%) non-separation issues.  

Appeals – 708 appeal decisions were processed with the Board of Review in December 2011.  Of the 708 processed, 563 (79.5%) were filed by UI applicants and 145 (20.5%) 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 53 weeks of federally funded benefits to eligible individuals who exhausted their UI claims.  There were 2,608 initial claims processed during the month of December, a decrease of 256 (-8.9%) from the previous month, and an increase of 88 (3.5%) from a year ago.  Of the 1,363 monetary determinations issued 62 (4.5%) were monetarily ineligible.  

Number of Payments - There were 50,813 (20,747 under tier 1, 13,225 under tier 2, 11,544 under tier 3 and 5,297 under tier 4) payments issued in December, which resulted in payments totaling $18.6 million.  The average weekly benefit payment was $367.  

First and Final Claims – 3,673 first payments (1,280 under tier 1, 879 under tier 2, 816 under tier 3 and 698 under tier 4) and 4,431 final payments (1,181 under tier 1,282 under tier 2, 1,031 under tier 3 and 937 under tier 4) were issued in December 2011.  To date 76,654 individuals have collected EUC08 benefits.

Extended Benefits  

Initial Claims – EB is available to individuals who have exhausted EUC08 claims.  There were 499 initial claims processed during the month of December, a decrease of 115 (-18.7%) from the previous month.  Of the 441 monetary determinations issued none of them was monetarily ineligible.  

Number of Payments - There were 7,549 payments issued in December, which resulted in payments totaling $2.8 million.  The average weekly benefit payment was $366.  

First and Final Claims – 434 first payments were issued and 272 final payments was issued in December 2011.  To date 30,010 first payments and 21,329 final payments have been made.

 
   
 
Claims Summary 
Unemployment Insurance
Percent
Change From
  Current
Month
Previous
Month
Year
Ago
Previous
Month
Year
Ago

      Year to Date

2011 2010
Initial Claims 11,313 7,836 12,802 44.4% -11.6% 94,173 100,246
Monetary Determinations 6,361 5,142 7,837 23.7% -18.8% 58,426 63,508
Monetary Ineligible 631 683 763 -7.6% -17.3% 6,169 6,720
Weeks Claimed 62,901 57,116 71,036 10.1% -11.5% 853,163 948,084
Number of Payments 56,499 51,458 63,717 9.8% -11.3% 770,647 863,929
Amount of Payments (millions) $20.7 $18.9 $23.3 9.6% -11.3% $279.6 $315.4
Average Payment $367 $367 $366 -0.2% 0.1% $363 $365
Partial Payments 6,585 6,040 7,403 9.0% -11.0% 85,689 94,885
Average Duration (12 months) 17.1 17.0 17.7 0.7% -3.3% 17.1 17.7
Exhaustion Ratio (12 months) 54.1 54.3 57.6 -0.4% -6.1% 54.1 57.6
First Payments 3,802 3,422 4,554 11.1% -16.5% 45,019 48,750
Final Payments 1,705 1,633 2,109 4.4% -19.2% 24,657 27,881
Workshare Initial Claims 331 429 727 -22.8% -54.5% 3,612 12,099
Workshare Equivalency 107 114 168 -6.1% -36.6% 963 2,933
Workshare Continued Claims 4,615 5,557 6,686 -17.0% -31.0% 62,858 106,887
Emergency Unemployment Compensation 08
      Percent
Change From
Year to Date
Current
Month
Previous
Month
Year
Ago
Previous
Month
Year
Ago

2011

2010
Initial Claims 2,608 2,864 2,520 -8.9% 3.5% 34,104 132,353
Monetary Determinations 1,363 1,387 1,174 -1.7% 16.1% 18,571 77,548
Monetary Ineligible 62 44 27 40.9% 129.6% 706 1,907
Number of Payments 50,813 52,816 58,558 -3.8% -13.2% 705,909 2,317,668
Amount of Payments (millions) $18.6 $19.5 $21.6 -4.4% -13.8% $259.8 $846.5
Average Payment $367 $369 $369 -0.6% -0.6% $368 $365
Average Duration (12 months) 39.1 40.3 46.0 -3.0% -15.0% 39.1 30.2
First Payments (tier 1) 1,280 1,231 913 4.0% 40.2% 18,064 76,654
Final Payments (tier 1) 1,181 1,116 1,361 5.8% -13.2% 16,791 56,117
First Payments (tier 2) 879 813 863 8.1% 1.9% 13,800 48,994
Final Payments (tier 2) 1,282 1,086 1,225 18.0% 4.7% 14,848 47,980
First Payments (tier 3) 816 747 850 9.2% -4.0% 11,343 32,806
Final Payments (tier 3) 1,031 1,009 817 2.2% 26.2% 12,974 31,504
First Payments (tier 4) 698 761 899 -8.3% -22.4% 10,257 25,850
Final Payments (tier 4) 937 1,035 1,410 -9.5% -33.5% 11,920 26,662
Extended Benefits
Percent
Change From
  Current
Month
Previous
Month
Year
Ago
Previous
Month
Year
Ago
Year to Date
2011
2Since Program
Began
Initial Claims 499 614 2,754 -18.7% -81.9% 5,870 34,624
Monetary Determinations 441 571 2,420 -22.8% -81.8% 4,910 30,727
Monetary Ineligible 0 0 34 0.0% -100.0% 1 486
Number of Payments 7,549 6,988 12,921 8.0% -41.6% 105,343 441,059
Amount of Payments (millions) $2.8 $2.5 $4.7 8.5% -41.7% $38.6 $160.3
Average Payment $366 $364 $367 0.5% -0.2% $366 $363
Average Duration (12 months) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 14.7
First Payments 434 483 2,383 -10.1% -81.8% 5,128 30,010
Final Payments 272 220 623 23.6% -56.3% 5,631 21,329
               
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