For the week of August 28, 2010, there were 616 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance, a decrease of 53 from the week before. Altogether 8,743 new and continuing claims were filed, a decrease of 117 from a week ago and 2,595 fewer than a year earlier. The Department also processed 2,778 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 40 more than a week ago. In addition, there were 1,418 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is a increase of 3 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