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Monthly Claims Update Unemployment Insurance Initial Claims
– 10,776 initial claims were processed during the month of December,
an increase of 3,512 (48.3%) from the previous month, and a decrease of
303 (-2.7%) from a year ago.
Of the 10,776 initial claims processed this month, 570 (5.3%) were
filed by customers who were not citizens of the U.S.
Of
the 6,236 monetary determinations issued in December, 469 (7.5%) were
monetarily ineligible. Weeks
Claimed
– 79,604
weeks claimed were processed during the month of December, an increase
of 1,477
(1.9%) from the previous month and a decrease of 10,745 (-11.9%) from a
year ago.
There were 72,301 payments made in December, which resulted in
payments totaling $27.1 million.
There were 7,974 (11.0%) partial payments issued in December 2009
compared to 6,798 (8.2%) last year.
The average weekly benefit payment was $375.
The number of weekly benefit payments is averaging 20.0 weeks per
claim. Workshare
– 1,988
initial claims were processed for Workshare benefits this month, an
increase of 296 (17.5%) from the previous month and an increase of 579
(41.1%) from December 2008.
It is estimated that 459 layoffs were averted this month as a
result of Rhode Island’s Workshare program. First
and Final Claims
– 4,146
first payments and 2,446 final payments were issued in December 2009. The current exhaustion duration ratio is 61.4 percent. Non-monetary
Determinations
–
1,845
non-monetary determinations were issued during the month of December 2009.
Of the 1,845 determinations, 1,322 (71.7%) were separation issues
and 523 (28.3%) were non-separation issues.
Denials were issued for 614 (46.4%) separation issues and 437
(83.6%) non-separation issues. Appeals – 438 appeal decisions were processed with the Board of Review in December 2009. Of the 438 processed, 371 (84.7%) were filed by UI applicants and 67 (15.3%) 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 53 weeks of federally funded benefits to eligible individuals who
exhausted their UI claims.
There were 4,283 initial claims processed during the month of
December, a decrease of 925 (-17.8%) from the previous month, and an
increase of 412 (10.6%) from a year ago.
Of the 1,908 monetary determinations issued 18 (0.9%) were
monetarily ineligible. Number
of Payments -–
There were 81,226 (36,098 under tier 1, 21,565 under tier 2, 23,550 under
tier 3 and 13 under tier 4) payments issued in December, which resulted in
payments totaling $29.8 million.
The average weekly benefit payment was $367. First and Final Claims – 6,421 first payments (1,898 under tier 1, 2,012 under tier 2, 2,504 under tier 3 and 7 under tier 4) and 3,662 final payments (2,072 under tier 1, 1,500 under tier 2, 89 under tier 3 and 1 under tier 4) were issued in December 2009. To date 41,277 individuals have collected EUC08 benefits. Extended
Benefits
Initial
Claims – EB is available to individuals who have exhausted
EUC08 claims.
There were 132 initial claims processed during the month of
December, a decrease of 476 (-78.3%) from the previous month.
Of the 9 monetary determinations issued none were monetarily
ineligible. Number
of Payments -
There were 9,473 payments issued in December, which resulted in payments
totaling $3.3 million.
The average weekly benefit payment was $352. First
and Final Claims –
32 first payments were issued and 699 final payments was issued in
December 2009.
To date 9,739 first payments and 5,492 final payments have been
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For more information on Unemployment Insurance, visit the UI web site at www.dlt.ri.gov/ui. |
