Why are recipients seeing unemployment benefits cut?
Faulty systems and indicators across the US are leaving some unemployment recipients without benefits at the very moment when they need them most.
SPENCER PLATT
AFP
US states have significant power over how and when they administer unemployment benefits. Often, they use macroeconomic indicators, like the percent of the total work force claiming unemployment benefits or the Insured Unemployment Rate (IUR), to
take decisions on whether benefit extensions are needed. The covid-19 pandemic led to historic levels of unemployment, and a new study found that these
high-level indicators do not always adequately respond to the unique needs of unemployed workers and the systems they rely on.
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Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced last week that the department’s new unemployment compensation system will launch June 8.The new system – which will replace an obsolete 40-year-old mainframe legacy system – is expected to make it faster and simpler for Pennsylvanians to file claims. The new system will be easy to use, provide access to important information and streamline the unemployment claim filing process for workers, employers, unemployment program staff and third-party administrators, Berrier said. System will have to be shut down for weeksMoving data from one system to the other will require shutting down the unemployment compensation system for two weeks, meaning people will not be able to file claims during that time.The shutdown will impact anyone getting Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation and extended benefits.Filers will still be paid for backdated claims during the transition period. New unemplo
Colorado estimates 6,700 new unemployment claims
Labor officials report only $9.6 million in regular unemployment benefits were paid out last week, and said new identification requirements are contributing. Author: Wilson Beese (9NEWS) Updated: 8:58 AM MDT April 22, 2021
DENVER The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) estimates 6,718 initial unemployment insurance (UI) claims were filed when adjusting for fraud and $9.6 million in benefits were paid out the week ending April 17.
CDLE also said 1,310 initial Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claims were filed the same week.
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For the week end ending April 10, there were 209,232 requests for continued weeks including 63,260 for regular UI, 61,752 for PUA and 84,220 for Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC).