Week Ending May 9, 2009. There were 1,069 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, a decrease of 35 from the week before. Altogether 16,521 new and continuing claims were filed, 1,484 less than a week ago and 7,848 more than a year earlier. The Department also processed 2,374 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 109 more than a week ago. In addition, there were 1,350 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program which is an increase of 8 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