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Gov. Ralph Northam today directed the Virginia Employment Commission to invest $20 million to expand its ability to process unemployment insurance claims.
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For the filing week ending May 8, the figure for seasonally unadjusted initial claims in Virginia was 11,270, a decrease of 961 claimants from the previous week.
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For the filing week ending May 1, the figure for seasonally unadjusted initial claims in Virginia was 12,231, a decrease of 25,125 claimants from the previous week.
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New unemployment claims were up sharply this week, according to a report from the Virginia Employment Commission on Thursday.
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As Virginia remains last in the country for resolving unemployment claims, Norfolk Councilmember Andria McClellan is calling for action by the Gov. Ralph Northam and the Virginia General Assembly.
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Dressing up bad news as good news, Virginia Employment Commission Department: the number of new unemployment claims filed last week was 83 percent lower than in the comparable week in 2020
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Virginia’s unemployment rate decreased a tenth of a percentage point to 5.1 percent in March, which is down 6.2 percentage points from its peak of 11.3 percent in April 2020.
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Initial claims were down 82.5 percent in Virginia over the past week, according to a report from the Virginia Employment Commission released Thursday.
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After a big jump in new unemployment claims last week, the numbers were more steady, if still not good at all.
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For the week ending March 27, the figure for seasonally unadjusted initial claims in Virginia was 28,244, an increase of 10,684 from the previous week.
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