US DOL Unemployment Weekly Claims Report
| Seasonally Adjusted (SA) Initial Claims Volume | Change from Prior Week | Year over Year Change in SA Initial Claims Volume | Unadjusted Insured UI Rate | Insured UI Volume | Year over Year Change in
Insured UI Volume |
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| 3/19/2022 | *187,000 | -28,000 | -542,500 | 3/12/2022 | 1.3% | 1,730,622 | -2,503,080 |
| 3/20/2021 | 729,500 | -22,250 | 3/13/2021 | 3.0% | 4,233,702 |
- Lowest level for initial claims since September 6, 1969 when it was 182,000
For more information, please visit https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OPA/newsreleases/ui-claims/20220537.pdf
ALASKA – Labor Commissioner Issues Warning About UI Text Message Scam
- The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce has received numerous calls about a text message alerting individuals that funds are being added to the UI account and asking them to click on a link in the text. This type of text message is being copied in many other states as well. State Workforce Agencies across the US advise:
- Claimants are never charged a fee to have an unemployment claim processed
- Many states do not communicate with claimants via text
- Claimants can check the listing under Claimant Resources for the official UI website for the state they are filing benefits in https://covid19.thomas-and-company.com/
HAWAII – 2022 Tax Rate Reminder
- Hawaii 2022 tax rates were issued last week and have been mailed to employers. Delivery of these notices could be delayed, and we encourage all HI employers to log into their DOL account and pull the rate information and email it to Thomas & Company so we can ensure the rate is accurate before the first quarter filings are due
- Access to your rate notice can be completed by signing in at https://huiclaims2.hawaii.gov/UI_ClaimWEB/employerNode1.jsf. Once you are in, you can select “Notifications” at the bottom of the page, look for the item with Subject “CONTRIBUTION RATE NOTICE” dated in 2022, then select “VIEW” under the Actions column. Once the document pulls up, you should be able to right click, select Print, and choose pdf. Then once it’s in pdf format, you can simply email it over to us at [email protected].
INDIANA – Employer Failure to Respond Patterns
- It is important to provide separation information in a complete and timely manner in all states to ensure that benefit determinations can be made in a timely manner. In Indiana, the state has a provision that allows them to address issues with employers who do not “respond in a timely or adequate manner” repeatedly. If an erroneous payment was made and the state has determined that the employer was at fault, the employer will not be relieved of the charges. Indiana has defined a pattern of “repeated” failures to be:
- 3 instances for employers with 12 or less payable claims in the most recent 365-day period
- 25% of the total payable claims for employers with more than 12 claims in the most recent 365-day period.
IOWA– Seeking Input from HR Partners on Pandemic Impacts
- Iowa is seeking input from business and HR partners to assess the current economic conditions and the ongoing impacts on Iowa’s business and nonprofit organizations. In partnership with the University of Northern Iowa, the state is asking for volunteers to complete this short 15-minute survey https://uni.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_egMMlUr25eYYY3s?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery by Friday, April 8, 2022. The information collected in this survey will be used by the Iowa Economic Development Agency to inform public policy and programming in response to the ongoing impacts of the pandemic on Iowa businesses.
