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Unemployment benefit changes advance in General Assembly
Updated at 5:41 p.m.
LEGISLATION AIMED at getting people back to work and relieving business-hiring woes advanced in the R.I. General Assembly on May 11. / AP FILE PHOTO/PAUL SAKUMA
PROVIDENCE – Legislation aimed at getting people back to part-time work advanced in both chambers of the General Assembly on Tuesday.
The Senate bill, sponsored by Sen. Maryellen Goodwin, D-Providence, passed by a 35-1 vote. Earlier Tuesday, the House Finance Committee unanimously approved an identical piece of companion legislation from Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee, D-South Kingstown, sending it to the full House for a vote.
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McKee backs bill allowing UI recipients to earn more
R.I. STATE OFFICIALS announced Thursday that proposed legislation regarding unemployment insurance is in the works to help people get back to work in the Ocean State. The state also announced that a new website, BackToWorkRI.com, is live to help job seekers gain employment. / AP FILE PHOTO/ NAM Y. HUH PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Thursday trumpeted new legislation he hopes will bring people who have been unemployed for an extended period due to the COVID-19 pandemic back to work. McKee said the bill backed by his administration would allow those receiving unemployment insurance and the federal $300 bonus to earn more and…
R.I. continuing unemployment claims edge upward
THE NUMBER of individuals collecting unemployment in Rhode Island last week totaled 69,759. / AP FILE PHOTO/ROBERT F. BUKATY
PROVIDENCE – The number of individuals collecting continuing unemployment benefits in Rhode Island increased by 729 week to week to 69,759, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said Tuesday.
Of the total number of individuals collecting benefits last week, 35,296 were in the pandemic unemployment assistance program. The federally created and backed program covers those typically ineligible for unemployment benefits, including gig workers, contractors and small-business owners.
PUA filings totaled 2,620, a decline from 2,916 one week prior.
COVID-19-specific unemployment filings for the week totaled 6,322, a decline from 6,365 one week prior. To date, COVID-19 unemployment insurance filings in the state total 434,991.