For the week of October 30, 2010, there were 1.081 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance, an increase of 27 from the week before, as claims are trending upward in October. Altogether 8,058 new and continuing claims were filed, an increase of 361 from a week ago and 2,053 fewer than a year earlier. The Department also processed 2,217 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 98 more than a week ago. In addition, there were 829 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is a decrease of 106 from the week before. The Unemployment Weekly Report can be found at: http://www.vtlmi.info/. Previously released Unemployment Weekly Reports and other UI reports can be found at: http://www.vtlmi.info/lmipub.htm#uc