The Nebraska Department of Labor has released unemployment claim statistics for the week of November 22-28.
Compared to statistics released for the week ending November 14th there were 223 fewer new unemployment claims filed and 203 fewer new pandemic unemployment claims filed compared to statistics released through November 28th. There were 667 fewer continued unemployment claims filed and 1,364 fewer continued pandemic claims filed than two weeks prior, the last time numbers were released.
A reminder that CARES Act benefit programs including Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) are scheduled to expire December 26.
