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The state Department of Labor said Thursday that the state’s unemployment rate appears to be much higher that data from the federal government reflects, that letters are going out to claimants who might be eligible for an extension of unemployment compensation due to the COVID-19 pandemic and they are adding phone lines to assist residents in need of assistance....

The state Department of Labor estimates that the state’s unemployment rate is at 17 percent

The state has now received more than 515,000 unemployment claims since March 13, and many applicants are still having issues getting their payments

Self-employed residents in Connecticut who are out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic can now apply for unemployment and could receive payments in about a week if their applications were approved. The link to the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program went live on the state Department of Labor website on Thursday. Click here to use it. Deputy Commissioner Danté...

The Connecticut Department of Labor launched a new system Thursday for self-employed residents to be able to apply for federal unemployment benefits. The benefits fall under the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. Under the federal guidelines, self-employed individuals must first apply through the Connecticut unemployment system and then will be able to apply on the state’s PUA online...

With thousands still waiting on unemployment checks, getting answers from the Department of Labor hasn’t been easy but NBC CT Investigates seeks answers on the state’s response times

The state’s labor commissioner says the state is finally catching up on claims and reducing a six week backlog to one week by the weekend

The state Department of Labor has received more than 400,000 unemployment applications from people who are out of work amid the COVID-19 pandemic and officials said Thursday that more than 320,000 have been processed and they have issued more than $230 million in benefits. Connecticut residents who have filed for unemployment have expressed frustrations about the system, which Connecticut Department…

The Department of Labor said it is working overtime and weekends trying to process the influx of unemployment claims.

5.25 million people filed unemployment claims in the week ending April 11, bringing to total claims filed in the last month to about 22 million.

Wilfredo Erba’s story may sound familiar to those who’ve been laid off because of the COVID-19 crisis and tried to file for unemployment.  Furloughed less than a month into a new job, he’s been trying for weeks to speak to a someone at the Department of Labor. “No matter what I tried I couldn’t get through, the system wouldn’t...

Governor Ned Lamont announced the state’s largest single day jump in COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday. The latest numbers from the state revealed 14,755 cases of coronavirus in Connecticut, 1908 hospitalizations and 868 deaths, Lamont announced Wednesday. The number of cases rose 766 since yesterday with nearly 200 new deaths and 129 new hospitalizations. Hospitalizations in Fairfield and New Haven counties…

Gov. Lamont said Wednesday that he is strongly urging people to wear masks in public and he may include that as a requirement in an upcoming executive order.

Department of Labor Commissioner Kurt Westby said Wednesday that the agency still has 170,000 unemployment claims that need to be processed.

Connecticut’s decades-old unemployment system is struggling to keep up with the demand. The state says it’s received 220,000 claims in the last three weeks. That’s more than it usually receives in a year. Less than half have been processed and many of unemployed workers have expressed frustration with the backlog. “It leaves you almost in a panic kind of...

With the state saying unemployment claims are 20 times higher than normal and taking weeks to process, filers have concerns about when they might receive their benefits.

The Connecticut Department of Labor said unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic are at least 20 times higher than normal, according to department officials. The labor department in Conn. has seen over six months worth of claims be filed in just one week. “Right now, the numbers we are talking about are through a pandemic situation,” said deputy commissioner Daryle…

The state Department of Labor is adjusting resources as more unemployment claims come in because of coronavirus. The claims amount to six months of work so far.

Lawmakers have reached a deal on a massive stimulus package aimed at blunting the economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. After five days of negotiations, an agreement was reached overnight on nearly $2 trillion to help workers and businesses affected by the coronavirus.