Miranda Davis, Kansas Reflector
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Sen. Tom Holland, a Baldwin City Democrat, raised concerns about a Kansas Senate bill that will update the state s unemployment system during the Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday.
TOPEKA After a year of growing problems and an overwhelmed state unemployment system because of COVID-19, lawmakers are focused on making adjustments that improve the unemployment claim process and limit fraud.
Proponents of the bills moving through both House and Senate committees are seeking to address several issues with the current system. The legislation would ensure that employers are held harmless for any fraudulent unemployment claims filed in the business’ name. It would also establish a panel to oversee the development of a new IT system for the labor department.
John Hanna, Associated Press
The Kansas Department of Labor s unemployment benefits website is pictured Dec. 29, 2020.
TOPEKA Republican legislators and a powerful business group are pushing a proposal to make it harder for unemployed Kansas workers to get extended benefits, arguing that extra weeks of aid are available even when thousands of jobs remain unfilled.
But the proposal before the GOP-controlled Legislature has sparked a backlash amid the economic uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, and Democrats see it as hurting struggling workers at exactly the wrong time. A key Republican lawmaker conceded Friday that it would be difficult to include the measure in broader legislation designed to overhaul the state’s troubled unemployment system.
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