The
Montana Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) today announced that 27,311
Unemployment Insurance (UI) payments totaling over $10.5M were issued the week
of September 14 through September 18, providing benefits to eligible Montanans.
That figure includes regular UI
benefits, Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) benefits,
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits, and Extended Benefits. Federal
Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) payments shown below were issued for
weeks claimed and not previously approved between UI weeks ending April 4
through July 25, 2020. The UI week ending July 25, 2020, was the last full week
the extra $600 was authorized under the federal CARES Act.
The Lost Wages Assistance
supplement ended in Montana with UI benefit week ending September 5, 2020. DLI
will continue issuing LWA payments for the UI weeks ending August 1, 2020,
through September 5, 2020, to eligible Montanans who have claims not previously
approved, provided funds remain available from the FEMA LWA grant. DLI monitors
the remaining grant balance daily.
Below is a data breakdown of
outgoing UI payments for the week of September 14 through September 18:
|
Date
Payments Distributed
|
Regular
UI Benefits
|
Reg
UI & PEUC FPUC Payments
|
PUA
Benefits
|
PUA
LWA - Fed Share
|
PUA
LWA - State Share
|
PEUC
Benefits
|
Extended
Benefits
|
LWA
- Fed Share
|
LWA
- State Share
|
Total
Payments - $
|
Total
# of Payments
|
|
14-Sep
|
$3,523,496
|
$139,800
|
-
|
$83,400
|
$27,800
|
$693,293
|
$130,878
|
$399,900
|
$133,300
|
$5,070,758
|
15,713
|
|
15-Sep
|
$892,027
|
$151,200
|
$935,146
|
$182,400
|
$60,800
|
$111,824
|
$12,732
|
$155,400
|
$51,800
|
$2,455,087
|
7,475
|
|
16-Sep
|
$697,703
|
$102,000
|
$158,389
|
$94,800
|
$31,600
|
-
|
$15,144
|
$147,600
|
$49,200
|
$1,221,310
|
1,933
|
|
17-Sep
|
$415,302
|
$87,000
|
$85,589
|
$78,600
|
$26,200
|
$55,113
|
$14,160
|
$99,600
|
$33,200
|
$841,068
|
1,187
|
|
18-Sep
|
$509,529
|
$5,400
|
$141,526
|
$117,000
|
$39,000
|
$44,862
|
$1,751
|
$106,200
|
$35,400
|
$926,268
|
1,003
|
|
Total
|
$6,038,056
|
$485,400
|
$1,320,650
|
$556,200
|
$185,400
|
$905,092
|
$174,665
|
$908,700
|
$302,900
|
$10,514,490
|
27,311
|
The above figures do not represent
the number of individuals who have received payment. Individual claimants could
have multiple payments in that total, or one payment representing multiple
weeks’ worth of benefits.
DLI continues to encourage anyone
who believes they may be eligible for UI to file a claim online at
MontanaWorks.gov, or at mtpua.mt.gov for those who fall under the
PUA eligibility guidelines. Those with technical,
eligibility, or benefits questions are encouraged to view the COVID-19 resource
website at
dli.mt.gov/covid-19. A variety of information for both Montana workers
and employers are available, in addition to resources to help claimants
navigate the unemployment process.
A landing page for easy access to
relevant Labor Market Information, including UI claims data, is available here:
dli.mt.gov/labor-market-information.