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Weekly Jobless Claims Up Up Up
The weekly jobless claims for the week of August 15th rose to 574,000---That's up 15,000 from the prior week and higher than expected. This increased the 4 week moving average up 4,250 to 570,000 new jobless/week...The report also showed that 6.24 mi...
How Many Weeks of Unemployment Insurance Do I get?
cnn has published data that shows how many weeks of UI benefits unemployed workers are eligable to receive. Wyoming gets the least amount of weeks (26 weeks), and a multitude of states are eligable for Tier 2 or Tier 3 benefits that could bring bene...
Unemployed Floridians to get 79 weeks of UI Benefits
According to Jacksonville.com, Floridians may be elligible to recieve up to 79 weeks of Unemployment Insurance benefits. You can apply to receive these Tier 3 UI benefits today.The unemployed people will be eligable for these benefits on a case-by-c...
Nevada to offer another 13 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits
According to msnbc the state of Nevada now offers 13 weeks of "State Extended Benefits" (SEB)---let's call it Tier 3 unemployment insurance.This is for jobless Nevadans who have exhausted the state's regular unemployment benefits and the federal gove...
Jobless in Connecticut to Get $25/week more--from Obama's Stimulus
According to thehour.com Connecticut's Governor Rell announced that the state's unemployed who are collecting unemployment insurance payments will see a $25 increase for amounts filed this week.According to the article, the Governor had this to say,"...
~6.5 million people are collecting unemployment insurance benefits
According to the AP nearly 6.5 million Americans are collecting unemployment insurance benefits and in the latest week there was over 600,000 people filing first time unemployment claims.Of the 6.5 million, 1.5 million Americans are receiving extende...
Montana now gets Tier 2 Unemployment Insurance Benefits
This story is from the AP:Second tier of unemployment benefits availableBy The Associated PressHELENA - Some of Montana's unemployed qualify for a second tier of benefits, under a package taking effect this week.Montana is one of 33 states where risi...
Pennsylvania adds capacity to it's unemployment insurance office
According to the morning call Pennsylvania is adding 300 people to work at its unemployment insurance offices and call centers, and plans on hiring another 200 people in the near future as well. To deal with the influx of claims, the state added abou...
Alabama gets 13 more weeks of unemployment insurance benefits.
Alabama extends unemployment benefits Birmingham Business Journal - by Crystal Jarvis Staff Alabama’s unemployed workers will now be eligible for an additional 13 weeks of compensation benefits, according to t...
Pennsylvania gets extended unemployment insurance benefits
According to the Pittsburgh Business TimesAdditional federal unemployment funds available in PennsylvaniaPittsburgh Business TimesPennsylvania’s insured unemployment rate climbed past 4 percent this month, which will make 13 additional weeks of fed...
Florida Tier 2 Unemployment Insurance
For those Floridians that need to know the details of the state's extended unemployment compensation plan you should check out this informationEssentially:To be eligible for the additional EUC benefits, the claimant must:• Have filed a claim on or ...
