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Illinois had 141,000 new unemployment claims for week ending April 11th

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SPRINGFIELD – The new jobless claims are on the rise in Illinois due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Illinois Department of Employment Security Thursday released new statewide data showing the department processed over 141,000 new claims for the week ending April 11. As of March 1, the department has processed more than 650,000 initial unemployment claims, 12 times more than the number of claims over the corresponding time period last year. This week, Governor Pritzker outlined efforts the administration and the department have taken to expand access and eligibility to unemployment insurance and provided an update on the implementation of programs included in the federal CARES Act. To date, IDES has suspended the employment services requirement to register with Illinois Job Link if their unemployment is due to a temporary lay-off resulting from COVID-19, and modified the “able and available to work” requirement to those who have become unemployed due to COVID-19, waived the waiting week for claimants, and implemented the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), which provides an additional $600 each week in federally funded benefits to eligible Illinoisans.

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