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January 2010

Labor Quick Stats for November

Bar Chart Glassy Clip ArtThe Department is responsible for administering state and federal laws regarding employer and employee rights and responsibilities. Throughout the past year, the Department worked toward achieving a set of established benchmarks designed to rate our success and chart our progress. Our dashboard measures are used to assist the Department in gauging its success in meeting customer needs.

 

 

  • Unemployment Rate: 9.5%

 

  • Potential Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Fines Avoided by Missouri Businesses: $240,124.00

 

  • Amount of Title XII Loan Unemployment Insurance as of 10/28/09: $364,231,429.97

 

  • Second Injury Fund (SIF) Claims Filed: 643

 

  • Year of Oldest Open Case in Automated Integrated Computer System (AICS): 1954 (TB cases not included)

 

  • Number of Employers in the Shared Work Program: 485 (Jan.-Nov. 2009)

 

  • Number of Employees in the Shared Work Program: 40,994 (Jan.-Nov. 2009)

 

  • Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Fines Avoided by Employers: $338,120

  

 

Division of Employment Security

 

 Calls Answered                                 

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

119,327

117,999

 

Average Time Calls in Queue

 

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

Claims

9.1

7.8

Help

14.7

12.4

Priority

4

2.9

 

Dollar Amounts Recovered in Fraud Overpayments

Oct. 2009*

Nov. 2009

$781,891

$742,741

*These numbers have been revised since the October Dashboards to include audits and other investigations.
 

 

Number of Audits that have seen Misclassified Workers

Oct. 2009*

Nov. 2009  

198

123

*These numbers have been revised since the October Dashboards to include audits and other investigations.

 

 

People Receiving Unemployment Benefits

 

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

Regular UI

86,181

88,019

EUC (Emergency)

54,490

56,172

EB (Extended)

11,072

10,362

 

 

Division of Workers’ Compensation

 

Calls Answered

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

2,119

2,031

 

Number of Workplace Injuries, Illnesses, Fatalities

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

9,814

8,773

 

Number of Workers’ Compensation Cases Processed

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

10,690

9,758

 

Number of Claims for Compensation Resolved

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

1,399

1,498

 

Division of Labor Standards

 

Number of Complaints Received

(Min. Wage, Prevailing Wage, Child Labor)

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

104

77

 

Average Caseload per Investigator

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

67

54

 

Number of Investigations Closed

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

131

109

 

Number of Cases Referred to Attorney General/Prosecutor Offices

 

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

Attorney General

2

0

Prosecutor

1

1

 

Amount of Restitution Assessed

 

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

Minimum Wage

$33,347.43

$83,965.78

Prevailing Wage

$65,169.59

$23,852.10

 

Amount of Restitution Collected

 

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

Minimum Wage

$21,612.23

$76,995.01

Prevailing Wage

$65,169.59

$23,852.10

 

Number of Serious Hazards Corrected On-site by the MO Safety and Health Consultation Program

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

115

102

 

   

Missouri Commission on Human Rights

 

Average Caseload per Investigator

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

30

30

 

Total Number of Cases Filed Overall

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

189

139

 

Total Number of Right to Sue Letters Issued

 

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

Total

66

51

Within 180 Days

44

25

After 550 Days

0

0

 

Total Number of Cases Settled

(Includes Conciliations, Mediations, Early Resolutions)

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

22

24

 

Total Number of Participants in Outreach/Education Activities

 

Oct. 2009

Nov. 2009

Sessions

7

5

Participants

131

221