The
Montana Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) today announced that 20,500
Unemployment Insurance (UI) payments totaling over $9M were issued the week of
November 16 through November 20, 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. Extended Benefits
triggered off as of UI benefit week ending November 14, due to the decline in
Montana’s insured unemployment rate.
Below is a data breakdown of
outgoing UI payments for the week of November 16 through November 20:
|
Date Payments
Distributed
|
Regular UI Benefits
|
Reg UI & PEUC FPUC
Payments
|
PUA Benefits
|
PUA-FPUC Payments
|
PEUC Benefits
|
Extended Benefits
|
Total Payments - $
|
Total # of Payments
|
|
16-Nov
|
$2,081,705
|
$40,800
|
$195,786
|
$134,535
|
$1,029,951
|
$37,867
|
$3,538,696
|
9,785
|
|
17-Nov
|
$539,748
|
$22,200
|
$1,302,152
|
$131,698
|
$177,594
|
$99,599
|
$2,285,757
|
6,957
|
|
18-Nov
|
$219,904
|
$69,000
|
$520,933
|
$244,778
|
$88,079
|
$53,155
|
$1,201,378
|
1,758
|
|
19-Nov
|
$225,096
|
$22,800
|
$410,724
|
$327,960
|
$109,068
|
$37,600
|
$1,143,045
|
1,175
|
|
20-Nov
|
$266,191
|
$17,400
|
$391,720
|
$291,415
|
$76,479
|
$20,060
|
$1,071,259
|
874
|
|
Total
|
$3,332,644
|
$172,200
|
$2,821,315
|
$1,130,386
|
$1,481,171
|
$248,281
|
$9,240,135
|
20,549
|
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 that 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.