Unemployment Insurance Statistics


Monthly Claims Update
Month Ending: July 31, 2008

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Unemployment Insurance

Initial Claims7,529 initial claims were filed during the month of July, a decrease of 1,055 (-12.3%) from the previous month, and an increase of 206 (2.8%) from a year ago.  Of the 7,529 initial claims filed this month, 604 (8.0%) were filed by customers who were not citizens of the U.S. Of the 4,718 monetary determinations issued in July, 193 (4.1%) were monetarily ineligible.  

Weeks Claimed 67,780 weeks were claimed during the month of July, an increase of 4,535 (7.2%) from the previous month and an increase of 1,291 (1.9%) from a year ago.  There were 62,623 payments made in July, which resulted in payments totaling $21.4 million.  There were 4,913 (7.8%) partial payments issued in July 2008 compared to 5,392 (8.9%) last year.  The average weekly benefit payment was $341.  The number of weekly benefit payments is averaging 16.3 weeks per claim.  

Workshare 928 initial claims were filed for Workshare benefits this month, an increase of 21 (2.3%) from the previous month and an increase of 63 (7.3%) from July 2007.  It is estimated that 266 layoffs were averted this month as a result of Rhode Island ’s Workshare program.  

First and Final Claims 4,687 first payments and 1,552 final payments were issued in July 2008.  The current exhaustion duration ratio is 42.8 percent.  

Non-monetary Determinations 2,681 non-monetary determinations were issued during the month of July 2008.  Of the 2,681 determinations, 1,199 (44.7%) were separation issues and 1,482 (55.3%) were non-separation issues.  Denials were issued for 555 (46.3%) separation issues and 861 (58.1%) non-separation issues.  

Appeals – 513 appeal decisions were filed with the Board of Review in July 2008.  Of the 513 filed, 431 (84.0%) were filed by UI applicants and 82 (16.0%) 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 provides an additional thirteen weeks of Federal funded benefits to eligible claims.  There were 6,351 initial claims filed during the month of July.  Of the 6,223 monetary determinations issued 83 (1.3%) were monetarily ineligible.  

Number of Payments - There were 15,718 payments issued in July, which resulted in payments totaling $5.5 million.  The average weekly benefit payment was $350.  

First and Final Claims – 5,742 first payments were issued in July 2008.

Claims Summary
 
Unemployment Insurance

Percent
Change From

Current
Month

Previous
Month

Year
Ago

Previous
Month

Year
Ago

Year to Date

2008

2007

Initial Claims

7,529 8,584 7,323 -12.3% 2.8% 56,593 50,240

Monetary Determinations

4,718 4,770 4,820 -1.1% -2.1% 34,931 31,905

Monetary Ineligible

193 241 287 -19.9% -32.8% 2,068 1,921

Weeks Claimed

67,780 63,245 66,489 7.2% 1.9% 501,888 440,440

Number of Payments

62,623 58,026 60,378 7.9% 3.7% 466,471 405,193

Amount of Payments (millions)

$21.4 $20.3 $20.2 5.3% 5.5% $167.2 $140.2

Average Payment

$341 $350 $335 -2.5% 1.7% $358 $346

Partial Payments

4,913 5,011 5,392 -2.0% -8.9% 38,446 35,343

Average Duration

16.3 16.2 15.4 0.8% 6.0% 16.3 15.4

Exhaustion Ratio

42.8 42.3 37.7 1.2% 13.5% 42.8 37.7

First Payments

4,687 2,959 4,781 58.4% -2.0% 29,426 27,229

Final Payments

1,552 1,711 1,359 -9.3% 14.2% 11,532 9,067

Workshare Initial Claims

928 907 865 2.3% 7.3% 6,056 4,115

Workshare Equivalency

266 209 200 27.3% 33.0% 1,801 959
Emergency Unemployment Compensation 08

Percent
Change From

Current
Month

Previous
Month

Year
Ago

Previous
Month

Year
Ago

Year to Date

2008

2007

Initial Claims

6,351         6,351  

Monetary Determinations

6,223         6,223  

Monetary Ineligible

83         83  

Number of Payments

15,718         15,718  

Amount of Payments (millions)

$5.5         $5.5  

Average Payment

$350         $350  

First Payments

5,742         5,742  

Final Payments

0         0  

For more information on Unemployment Insurance, visit the UI web site at www.dlt.ri.gov/ui.
 

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