HELENA –
The Montana Department of Labor & Industry announced today that over 35,000
UI payments were issued over the week of April 6 through 10, an increase of 44%
over the previous week, providing benefits to Montanans impacted by COVID-19.
“Over the last week alone, we put
more than $11.6M into people’s pockets and Montana’s economy,”
Acting Commissioner Brenda Nordlund
said.
“We are working as hard as we can to ensure everyone gets their
benefits as quickly as possible.”
Below is a data breakdown of
outgoing Unemployment payments for the week of April 6 through 10:
|
Date payments
created
|
Total payments - $
|
Total # of payments
|
|
6-Apr
|
$8,568,627.84
|
26553
|
|
7-Apr
|
$1,207,278.15
|
3656
|
|
8-Apr
|
$710,251.05
|
2089
|
|
9-Apr
|
$584,115.15
|
1702
|
|
10-Apr
|
$616,887.34
|
1604
|
|
Total
|
$11,687,159.53
|
35604
|
UI payments figures do not
represent the number of individuals who have received payment. An individual
with an active claim that submits a weekly or biweekly payment request has the
potential to have a benefit payment generated.
A landing page for easy access to
relevant Labor Market Information, including daily UI claims is available here:
dli.mt.gov/labor-market-information.
DLI wants to remind the public that
the week a person becomes unemployed, that person should file an application
for unemployment benefits. Individuals should read the
frequently
asked questions
and watch the instructional videos before they apply at
MontanaWorks.gov.
DLI is
encouraging those with technical, eligibility, or benefits questions regarding
the UI claimant portal on MontanaWorks.gov 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.