The number brings the total claims filed since mid-March to roughly 108,500.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine too slow on unemployment claims
On Friday, self-employed workers can apply for benefits. They should not have to wait to get them.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine to launch expansion of unemployment benefits Friday
The Department of Labor says self-employed workers, contractors and others who typically don’t qualify for the benefits can start applying at the end of the week.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine to announce timeline for expansion of unemployment benefits
The Department of Labor says it is close to launching a system that allows newly eligible Mainers to file claims for unemployment benefits.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Decisions on thousands of unemployment claims fast-tracked by labor department
Rather than keeping people wondering until July about pending unemployment claims, the Department of Labor makes some assumptions and decides on 12,000 cases.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Unemployment claims in Maine surpass 100,000 since pandemic began
More than 11,500 Mainers filed initial unemployment claims last week, bringing the five-week total to more than 101,000 people.
Posted inLocal & State
Paul LePage wants to help Maine cope with COVID-19
“I would offer my services to fly back right now and to sit” with Janet Mills to work to deal with unemployment claims and more, LePage said.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: COVID crisis wrong time for congressional recess
Why are members of Congress sitting around at home when there’s work to be done in D.C.?
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine will end its 51-month run of low unemployment
The state’s preliminary unemployment rate estimate of 3.2% for March was unchanged from February, but April’s rate will be much higher.
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New Maine unemployment claims fall, but another surge expected
About 13,400 Mainers filed for unemployment benefits last week, less than half the previous week’s number, but an upcoming eligibility expansion is likely to trigger a resurgence of claims.