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8:05AM ON
06/27/2008
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Good news for those of you who’ve been hit hardest. Triggered by RI’s dreadful economy:
CRANSTON – Some long-term job-seekers in Rhode Island will become eligible for extended unemployment benefits starting July 6, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training.
Up to 13 weeks of additional payments will be available to Rhode Islanders who are actively looking for work and have exhausted their regular unemployment insurance, the DLT said. Legislation now before Congress would offer extended benefits to all states, and might lengthen the time for which such benefits are available, the department added.
The Rhode Island extension was triggered when the state jobless rate for the past 13 weeks exceeded the 6.5-percent threshold set by state law. That makes the new DLT announcement the silver lining of last week’s report that the statewide unemployment rate surged 1.1 percentage points in May to a 14-year high of 7.2 percent.
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