Does EmploymentSecurity do anything about people who go on and off unemployment repeatedly?
A. Many people think that a lot of claimants file for unemployment year afteryear, but the data do not support this notion. According to a study of unemployment claimants from January 2002 through June2006: · 89 percent filed only one or two claims during that time. · Out of $4.3 billion paid out in claims, about 17 percent went to peoplewho filed three or more claims. · Repeat claimants (three or more claims) collected an average of 53 percentto 56 percent of the total benefits available to them. Q.
