Weekly Snapshot of UI Division Activity

Regular Unemployment Insurance (UI) Initial Applications	16,207
Regular Unemployment Insurance (UI) Weekly Claims	107,944
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) Initial Applications	2,090
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Initial Applications	1,119
Extended Benefits (EB) Initial Applications	67

Total Benefits Paid	$66,193,160
Regular Unemployment Insurance (UI)	$23,582,040
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)	$5,949,794
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA)	$2,063,464
Extended Benefits (EB)	$172,396
Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC)	$33,708,900
Lost Wages Assistance (LWA)	$532,200

Incoming Calls	46,322

Monitoring Workload

This chart supplies a year-over-year comparison of the adjudication workload. Note: The chart may take a few seconds to render and is not supported by the Internet Explorer (IE) browser.

On December 30, 2020, DWD reached a workload comparable to seasonal pre-pandemic levels and had either resolved or assigned out to an adjudicator all issues that were more than 21 days old, effectively clearing the unemployment insurance backlog. The UI Division measures its workload by looking at the number of pending eligibility issues that had not yet been scheduled to an adjudicator at the end of the previous week. Adjudicators are assigned eligibility issues that need to be investigated to determine whether a claimant is due benefits.

Year Over Year (Support Queue Pending)

UI Week Calendar

Appeals