The state House approved Thursday a Republican-led effort that would compel North Carolina s withdraw from a federal extended unemployment benefit program with a $300 weekly payment.
Daily initial unemployment benefit claims remained stable this week in North Carolina as the state House moved forward on ending participation in two pivotal federal extended programs.
The N.C. Division of Employment Security reported Friday that 1,587 claims were filed Thursday, along with 1,709 on Wednesday and 2,213 on Tuesday.
President Joe Biden says the latest jobs report is a sign that the economic recovery is going well.
Altogether, there were 10,501 claims filed over the past seven days, compared with 10,425 over the previous seven-day period.
On May 21, the state crossed the 1.5 million threshold for individuals applying for state and/or federal UI benefits. As of 10 a.m. Friday, there have been 1.51 million claims.
State House Republicans submitted legislation Wednesday that would compel the Cooper administration to withdraw from a pivotal federal extended unemployment benefits program before its Sept. 6 expiration date.
State House Republicans submitted legislation Wednesday that would compel the Cooper administration to withdraw from a pivotal federal extended unemployment benefits program before its Sept. 6 expiration date.
North Carolina has surpassed $12 billion in initial state and federal unemployment-insurance benefit payments for the COVID-19 pandemic, the N.C. Division of Employment Security reported Tuesday.
Of that amount, regular state benefits are at $1.94 billion, while federal and state extended benefits are at $10.06 billion.
By far the biggest factor in UI benefit payments is the federal pandemic unemployment compensation (FPUC) program at $6.57 billion as of 10 a.m. Tuesday.
That represents 54.7% of all UI benefit payments.
When the FPUC programâs weekly benefit was worth up to $600, unemployed and furloughed North Carolinians received just under $4.88 billion from late March 2020 through July 26. The program temporarily expired in December.