The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) has launched a new interactive Unemployment Insurance Claims Dashboard, giving Virginians, employers, policymakers and other stakeholders an easier way to track unemployment claims activity and identify trends across the Commonwealth.
The new dashboard provides direct access to Virginia’s initial claims, continued weeks claimed and all weeks compensated data reported to the U.S. Department of Labor. Users can explore week-over-week, month-over-month and year-over-year changes, compare trends across three reporting years, and see how Virginia compares with other states and national trends.
“Unemployment insurance claims data are an important economic indicator, providing timely insight into labor market conditions and workforce trends across Virginia,” said VEC Commissioner Melissa Smith. “This dashboard takes complex data and makes it easier for anyone to see what the numbers are telling us, whether it’s looking at changes from one week to the next, identifying longer-term trends or comparing Virginia with other states and the nation.”
The dashboard is available at: https://www.vec.virginia.gov/virginia-unemployment-claims-activity.
