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1of3New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she will use federal funds to replenish the state s depleted unemployment insurance trust at a news conference on Friday, June 11, 2021, at the state Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico s Workforce Solutions Department that oversees unemployment claims is embarking on reforms aimed at improving efficiency and service, while cracking down on perpetrators of fraudulent claims with help from federal authorities. Agency staffing is being increased by 110 positions.Morgan Lee/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3New Mexico Workforce Solutions Secretary Ricky Serna discusses plans for reform to the state s system for distributing unemployment benefits that include a major expansion in staffing, at a news conference on Friday, June 11, 2021, at the state Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M. Gov. Michelle Lujan Gris
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. State officials have announced a new incentive to get New Mexicans back to work.
A support program will provide payments to New Mexicans receiving unemployment benefits who return to work in the coming weeks.
Some workers will be eligible for up to $1,000. The program will begin the week of July 4 and run through August 28.
State officials said unemployment claimants who secure a job over the next four weeks will have to remain employed through August 28 in order to receive payments.
“The state will continue doing what it can to help workers and businesses get back on their feet,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said. “If we can make it even just one degree easier for someone to get back to work, helping offset transition costs, then we’ve got to do that – and we can and we will.”
SANTA FE - Two key members of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham s Cabinet are stepping down.
Health Secretary Dr. Tracie Collins, who has served in the governor s administration for eight months, and John Salazar, who has served as Cabinet secretary of the New Mexico Department of Information Technology for just over a year, are both leaving at the end of July.
Collins is returning to academic life, and Salazar is resigning to help care for his family.
The two resignations come less than three months after another Cabinet secretary, Bill McCamley, stepped down from the Department of Workforce Solutions, citing safety and security concerns.
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