Thu Jun 9 2011
There were 739 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, an increase of 217 from the week before. Altogether 8,254 new and continuing claims were filed, an increase of 170 from a week ago and 2,111 fewer than a year earlier. The Department also processed 1,850 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 99 more than a week ago. In addition, there were 849 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is an increase of 99 from the week before.