UI benefits for the week of January 11 through January 15
The Montana Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) today announced that $20 million in Unemployment Insurance (UI) payments were issued the week of January 11 through January 15, providing benefits to eligible Montanans.
That figure includes:
- Regular UI benefits.
- Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) benefits.
- Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits.
- Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) payments.
- Extended Benefits payments issued for weeks claimed and not previously approved, through UI benefit week ending November 14, 2020.
PEUC, PUA and FPUC benefits are 100% federally funded. Below is a data breakdown of outgoing UI payments for the week of January 11 through January 15:
|
Date Payments Distributed |
Regular UI Benefits |
Reg UI & PEUC FPUC Payments |
PUA Benefits |
PUA-FPUC Payments |
PEUC Benefits |
Extended Benefits |
Total Payments - $ |
|
11-Jan |
$2,900,310 |
$4,178,700 |
$104,532 |
$37,177 |
$1,360,884 |
$3,040 |
$8,611,255 |
|
12-Jan |
$518,454 |
$506,700 |
$3,081,647 |
$4,348,291 |
$214,847 |
$921 |
$8,681,072 |
|
13-Jan |
$381,895 |
$201,300 |
$270,129 |
$236,132 |
$108,141 |
$3,475 |
$1,207,036 |
|
14-Jan |
$280,641 |
$149,100 |
$241,785 |
$242,400 |
$72,577 |
$918 |
$993,696 |
|
15-Jan |
$349,403 |
$97,500 |
$166,679 |
$134,284 |
$127,315 |
$2,143 |
$885,548 |
|
Total |
$4,430,703 |
$5,133,300 |
$3,864,772 |
$4,998,284 |
$1,883,764 |
$10,497 |
$20,378,607 |
Claimants with technical, eligibility, or benefits questions are encouraged to view the COVID-19 resource website at dli.mt.gov/covid-19. A variety of information for both Montana workers and employers are available, in addition to resources to help claimants navigate the unemployment process.
A landing page for easy access to relevant Labor Market Information, including UI claims data, is available here: dli.mt.gov/labor-market-information.
