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Georgia DOL Sued by Unemployed Workers
The Georgia Department of Labor is facing a lawsuit from unemployed workers who say their claims still have not been processed.
January 8, 2021
The Georgia Department of Labor is facing a lawsuit from unemployed workers who say their claims still have not been processed.
The lawsuit has six co-defendants, all of whom are currently unemployed. They cite the agency’s failure to process claims and the lack of justification for the denials as the justification for the suit against the department and Commissioner Mark Butler. The Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) is assisting the plaintiffs in the case, as is the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Atlanta Legal Aid Society.
Georgians sue Department of Labor, commissioner over extreme delays with completing unemployment claims
A lawsuit has been filed against the Georgia Department of Labor over slow unemployment claim responses.
ATLANTA - Several Georgians are planning to take the Georgia Department of Labor to court.
They re suing the agency and its commissioner over extreme delays in the unemployment claims process.
The lawsuit claims Commissioner Mark Butler failed to promptly respond to their requests for assistance. I never got any kind of email or letter with a determination, Plaintiff Lisa English told FOX 5 News.
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English said she filed two unemployment claims last year after the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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Six unemployed Georgians are suing the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) for its failure to process their unemployment claims.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Georgia, Lisa English was a contracted bookkeeper for a retail company in Fulton County. She was laid off for eight weeks because of the public health shutdowns and applied for unemployment benefits.
English said she spoke to a GDOL representative who wanted to confirm her status as a contracted worker, but she has not heard or received anything else from the state agency since late March.
A few months later, English was laid off permanently. As a result, English lost her home and the ability to regain custody of her son, who has special needs. She now lives with a friend in Rockdale County and picks up some bookkeeping gigs now and then.