(Des Moines, IA) — Iowa Workforce Development is reporting an increase in initial and continuing unemployment claims from December 13th through 19th.
The seven-thousand-645 first-time claims last week was an increase of more than 11-hundred from the previous week.
The 38-thousand-318 continuing claims is up 200 from two weeks ago. About 69 percent of these claims were not related to COVID-19 layoffs.
I-W-D says federal unemployment programs are scheduled to end December 26th in Iowa.




