New unemployment claims increased slightly last week in Vermont, but were again under 500 last week. For the week of September 7, 2013, there were 476 new, regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance in Vermont. This is an increase of 43 from the previous week's total, and 58 fewer than they were a year ago.
Altogether 4,241 new and continuing claims were filed, a decrease of 659 from a week ago and 634 fewer than a year ago. The Department also processed 738 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 30 fewer than a week ago.
In addition, there were 17 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is 8 fewer than the week before. The Tier III program of extended benefits is being discontinued in Vermont as the state's unemployment rate has been under the federal threshold for more than three months.
The total for all programs was 5,002 claims, 700 fewer than last week and 1,379 fewer than the same time last year.
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
Vermont's unemployment rate rose two-tenths to 4.6 percent in July. SEE STORY.