The
Montana Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) today announced that $10.6M in
Unemployment Insurance (UI) payments were issued the week of December 21
through December 25, providing benefits to eligible Montanans.
That
figure includes regular UI benefits, Pandemic Emergency Unemployment
Compensation (PEUC) benefits, and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA)
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. Due to the decline in Montana’s
insured unemployment rate, Extended Benefits triggered off as of UI benefit
week ending November 14. EB payments shown below were issued for weeks claimed
and not previously approved.
Interim
Pandemic Assistance payments shown below are for weeks claimed and not
previously approved for the four UI benefit weeks ending November 28 through
December 19. Today (December 28) is the last day claimants can submit their
weekly payment requests for the IPA-designated benefit weeks.
Below is a
data breakdown of outgoing UI payments for the week of December 21 through
December 25:
|
Date Payments Distributed
|
Regular UI Benefits
|
Reg UI & PEUC FPUC Payments
|
PUA Benefits
|
PUA-FPUC Payments
|
IPA Payments
|
PUA IPA Payments
|
PEUC Benefits
|
Extended Benefits
|
Total Payments - $
|
|
21-Dec
|
$4,192,087
|
$21,600
|
$183,358
|
$85,650
|
$1,594,600
|
$56,400
|
$892,604
|
$6,602
|
$5,417,170
|
|
22-Dec
|
$1,881,224
|
-
|
$1,346,714
|
$118,800
|
$232,600
|
$1,109,800
|
$155,295
|
$2,025
|
$3,468,958
|
|
23-Dec
|
$630,261
|
-
|
$315,732
|
$111,336
|
$109,200
|
$141,989
|
$68,816
|
$3,693
|
$1,060,800
|
|
24-Dec
|
$412,000
|
-
|
$206,255
|
$99,136
|
$54,800
|
$77,795
|
$30,360
|
$9,963
|
$702,839
|
|
25-Dec
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Total
|
$7,115,572
|
$21,600
|
$2,052,059
|
$414,922
|
$1,991,200
|
$1,385,984
|
$1,147,075
|
$22,283
|
$10,649,767
|
Payments
were not issued on December 25 due to the state holiday. Claimants 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.