Connecticut unemployment

The governor signed an executive order Friday to allow thousands of Connecticut residents who were collecting less than $100 per week in unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic from the end of July to the beginning of September to be eligible for an additional $300 per week in federal benefits. The order will allow them to collect retroactively for that…

The governor is signing an executive order to allow thousands of Connecticut residents who were collecting less than $100 per week in unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic from the end of July to the beginning of September to be eligible for an additional $300 per week in federal benefits. The order would allow them to collect retroactively for that six-week span.

Riley Behrens was a healthy 23-year-old until he caught COVID-19. Now he is recovering from a mini-stroke that resulted from complications from the virus. He joined LX News to share his story and warn other young people to take the virus seriously.

Peter J. Pitts, a former Food and Drug Administration associate commissioner, and current president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest joined NBCLX and debunked many of the fears people have expressed about taking a COVID-19 vaccine.

The governor said he is allocating $15 million from the state’s Coronavirus Relief Fund for to provide job training to more than 1,000 displaced workers and connect them to high-growth, in-demand jobs. “This pandemic has drastically impacted the lives and livelihood of so many people in our state, and these workforce development programs are being expanded so that we can…

Connecticut’s COVID-19 test positivity rate climbed to 2.9% on Friday, according to Gov. Ned Lamont.

Unemployed Connecticut residents who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic could get some additional help after FEMA approved the state’s application for $300 per week in supplemental benefits. FEMA said early Tuesday morning that FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor has approved Connecticut for a grant under the FEMA Lost Wages Assistance program. The grant funding will allow Connecticut to provide…

The Connecticut Department of Labor will be applying “very soon” for a federal program that could lead to $300 in additional weekly unemployment benefits for certain recipients who’ve lost work because of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday. During a coronavirus briefing, Lamont said Connecticut plans to choose the option offered by the federal government under President Donald…

The short-term $600 weekly unemployment benefit that has helped keep American families and the economy afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic expired on Friday. Lawmakers failed to reach a deal extending the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, or FPUC. According to the state Department of Labor, more than 188,000 people are currently unemployed in Connecticut. Thousands will be impacted by the loss…

The short-term $600 weekly unemployment benefit that has helped keep American families and the economy afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic is set to expire today. U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both of whom are Democrats, will hold a news conference this morning to call for the U.S. Senate to immediately pass an extension for enhanced unemployment insurance...

Officials from the state Department of Labor held a news conference this afternoon to provide an update on the unemployment situation in the state. Connecticut Department of Labor Commissioner Kurt Westby and Deputy Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo held a telephone news conference to give updates on state and federal unemployment insurance programs, the labor situation report, and the progress of the state’s consumer contact center. When...

The Town of Old Saybrook announced Tuesday a program to help residents struggling with layoffs and unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic. The new program, called Old Saybrook Cares, allows residents to apply for a grant of up to $1,500 to be used toward basic needs such as food, housing, utilities, child care or transportation costs. “To know that there’s money…

The Commissioner of the Department of Labor is speaking exclusively with NBC Connecticut Investigates about the continued questions we are receiving from viewers about unemployment claims.

Unemployment in our state appears to have topped out around 19% in mid-May, a figure released by the Connecticut Department of Labor this week.  Call it the “pandemic peak,” something Connecticut DOL research director Andy Condon discussed with NBC Connecticut.   “It looks like the process of job recovery is beginning.  It looks like we have seen the worst of...

The unemployment rate in Connecticut hit 19-percent at its worst in mid-May. We take a closer look at where things are headed next

Officials from the state Department of Labor said they are doing their best to get unemployment benefits to people who have been laid off because of the COVID-19 pandemic after receiving the equivalent of four months of unemployment claim applications in 11 weeks.. Department of Labor Commissioner Kurt Westby and Deputy Commissioner ​Danté Bartolomeo held a news briefing at by telephone at...

Not all of the stimulus money headed to our state has arrived