Weekly unemployment claims increase slightly

There were 1,402 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, an increase of 39 from the week before. Altogether 13,056 new and continuing claims were filed, an increase of 398 from a week ago and 672 more than a year earlier. The Department also processed 5,085 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 791 more than a week ago. In addition, there were 2,650 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is an increase of 683 from the week before. The Unemployment Weekly Report can be found at: http://www.vtlmi.info/. Previously released Unemployment Weekly Reports and other UI reports can be found at: http://www.vtlmi.info/lmipub.htm#uc