Tag: Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
Has freelance work, or the freelancers you regularly use, disappeared due...
More than 58,000 Rhode Islanders have filed with the state for pandemic unemployment assistance. The program provides benefits to the self-employed, small-business owners and...
Coronavirus-related unemployment claims continue to rise in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment insurance filings related to COVID-19 pandemic rose by 364 Wednesday to 162,812, according to data from the R.I. Department of Labor...
COVID-19 UI claims reach 144K in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s COVID-19-related unemployment insurance claims rose 1,048 day to day on Sunday to total 144,124, according to the R.I. Department of...
COVID-19-related unemployment claims pass 115K
PROVIDENCE – The number of unemployment insurance claims in Rhode Island attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic reached 115,693 as of Sunday, a 1,537 increase...
Over 10K file for PUA benefits in R.I.; UI claims pass...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had 10,910 residents file for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance on Tuesday, the first day the program was available, according to the...