During the week of June 13-19, a total of 199 initial weekly claims for state unemployment benefits were processed by the Department of Labor and Regulation. This is a decrease of 107 claims from the prior week’s total of 306.
South Dakota will terminate its participation in the federal pandemic-related unemployment assistance programs at the end of this week (week ending June 26, 2021). DLR will continue to pay regular State claims.
The latest number of continued state claims is 2,346 for the week ending June 12, an increase of 381 claims from the prior week’s total of 1,965. This indicates the number of unemployed workers eligible for and receiving benefits after their initial claim.
For the week ending June 19, a total of $322,000 was paid out in state benefits, in addition to $672,000 in Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), $85,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and $276,000 in Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) benefits.
The Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund balance was $160.6 million on June 20.
Benefits paid since March 16, 2020:
- Regular State = $115.1 million
- FPUC = $237.8 million
- PUA = $20.9 million
- PEUC = $11.0 million
Total = Approximately $384.9
Nationally,
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped last week, a sign that layoffs declined and the job market is improving. The Labor Department said Thursday that jobless claims declined just 7,000 from the previous week to 411,000. The number of weekly applications for unemployment aid has fallen steadily this year from about 900,000 in January. The level of unemployment claims generally reflects the pace of layoffs.
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