Tag: Unemployment Insurance
PUA weekly filings in R.I. rise by 13.4K
PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment assistance filings in Rhode Island increased by 13,357 last week, to 277,406, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and...
R.I. weekly PUA filings total 22.5K
PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment assistance filings in Rhode Island increased by 22,531 last week, to 264,049, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and...
A WORK IN PROGRESS: $45M program aims to reemploy Rhode Islanders,...
Scott R. Jensen watched helplessly as the number of out-of-work Rhode Islanders soared when COVID-19 hit in March.
For months, unemployment claims climbed higher. And...
R.I. weekly PUA filings climb by record 35.9K
PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment insurance weekly initial filings climbed by a record 35,921, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said on Tuesday.
PUA filings...
R.I. weekly PUA filings rise by record 23.3K
PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment assistance filings in Rhode Island increased by 23,322 last week, the largest weekly total in the program’s short history, according...
Tipped workers still feeling the pain
Even prior to COVID-19, tipped workers suffered from the inadequacies of the U.S. social safety net and minimum-wage standards.
The pandemic has exposed not only...
Extra $600 for the unemployed is high, but vital
Americans who lost their jobs because of the pandemic had been getting a $600 bump on top of state benefits in their weekly unemployment...
PUA filings jump by more than 2K
PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment assistance filings in Rhode Island increased by 2,127 on Thursday, the highest daily rise since April 13, to 91,154, according...
Pandemic unemployment assistance filings increase by 1.8K; COVID-19 UI claims rise...
PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment assistance filings in Rhode Island increased by 1,812 on Wednesday, rising to 89,027 to date, the R.I. Department of Labor...
PUA filings rise by 1.1K in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment assistance filings in Rhode Island increased by 1,108 on Tuesday, to 87,215, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and...
