DLT releases unemployment insurance, TDI rates

THE MAXIMUM weekly benefit rate for unemployment insurance will remain unchanged for the coming year, while the maximum weekly benefit rate for temporary disability insurance is increasing by $25, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said.
THE MAXIMUM weekly benefit rate for unemployment insurance will remain unchanged for the coming year, while the maximum weekly benefit rate for temporary disability insurance is increasing by $25, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said.

CRANSTON – The maximum weekly benefit rate for unemployment insurance will remain unchanged for the coming year, while the maximum weekly benefit rate for temporary disability insurance is increasing by $25, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said Thursday.
According to a DLT news release, the maximum weekly benefit rate for UI will remain at $566 per beneficiary and $707 for beneficiaries with five or more dependents.
The maximum weekly benefit rate for TDI will increase to $795 (up by $25 compared with 2014-15) per beneficiary, and for beneficiaries with five or more dependents, will change to $1,073 from $1,039.
“Under state law, DLT must compute the benefit rates for UI and TDI every June, before the start of the next program year,” DLT Director Scott Jensen said in a statement. “State law sets the maximum TDI rate at 85 percent of the average weekly wage paid to eligible employees in the previous calendar year.”
UI provides temporary income support to workers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own and who have sufficient wages in the base period to meet monetary requirements. The UI program is funded entirely from state and federal UI taxes paid by Rhode Island employers. Last year, 32,200 employers supported UI and DLT handled more than 76,000 customer-service claims, disbursing nearly $185 million in benefits.
TDI protects workers against wage loss due to a nonwork-related illness or injury, and through Temporary Caregiver Insurance, provides up to four weeks to bond with a new child or to care for a seriously ill family member. Workers pay for TDI through a payroll tax. About 403,000 Rhode Island workers paid TDI taxes in 2014 when DLT handled more than 45,000 customer claims and paid out $164 million in TDI and TCI benefits.
The Labor Market Information division of the DLT group calculates the new UI and TDI benefit amounts using the average weekly wage in covered employment for the previous calendar year.

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