Feb 08Feb 22Mar 07Mar 21Apr 04Apr 18May 02May 16051015Recently, the fraction of payments denied has increased, signalling workers are seeing earnings opportunities againBefore the Crisis, about 10% of first payments were denied each week due to excess earningsAs the Crisis reached its peak, less people were working even part-time hours, and the denial rate dropped
denied_earn_or_FT
12.9%
Denied UI payment is as a percent of potentially eligible claims which is the sum of the number of paid claims and the number of denied because of excess weekly earnings or full time work.