VEC: Significant changes made since start of COVID-19 pandemic
VEC: Significant changes made since start of COVID-19 pandemic
By Karina Bolster | March 11, 2021 at 4:19 PM EST - Updated March 11 at 6:14 PM
HENRICO Co., Va. (WWBT) - Thousands of Virginians are still dealing with unemployment impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic; nearly 14,000 people filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week as the pandemic reached the one-year mark.
On Thursday, NBC12 spoke with Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) spokeswoman, Joyce Fogg, about the past year and the challenges that came with it.
Fogg believes the VEC is starting to get both feet back on the ground as staff works nearly seven days per week to catch up with the backlog of concerns.