PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings totaled 5,533 last week, a decline from 6,789 one week prior, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training on Tuesday.
The federally created and backed program covers those typically ineligible for unemployment benefits, including gig workers, contractors and small-business owners.
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The DLT said 37,216 individuals received PUA benefits last week in Rhode Island.
COVID-19-related unemployment insurance filings totaled 2,582, an increase from 2,351 one week prior. To date, COVID-19 UI filings have totaled 233,046.
Regular UI claims totaled 1,136 last week.
There were 74,386 Rhode Islanders who claimed some form of unemployment benefit, including PUA, for the week ended Oct. 25.
There were also 215 COVID-19-related Temporary Disability Insurance and Temporary Caregiver Insurance filings last week, an increase from 140 one week prior. All COVID-19-related TDI filings total 15,814 to date.
