by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Regular weekly unemployment claims last week fell by 157, and were under 1,000 for the first time this year and the first time since last fall. Numbers increased nationally, which was not expected. Economists suggest 2021 is off to a sluggish start.
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MONTPELIER â The state, in response to a data breach that led to personally identifying information including names, addresses and Social Security numbers being sent to the wrong addresses, will provide all 2020 unemployment insurance recipients with identity theft protection, Gov. Phil Scott said Tuesday.
In the meantime, Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington told the Senate Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs Committee that the department has stepped up quality assurance steps to make sure when 1099-G tax forms are resent later this month, there are no more mistakes.
The state is in process of recalling thousands of 1099-G forms sent to unemployment benefit claimants after it was discovered that names, addresses and Social Security numbers of claimants were sent to the wrong addresses. Scott has appointed one of his top advisors as deputy labor commissioner and assigned two teams from his administration to
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MONTPELIER â State officials are hoping to announce next week where increased COVID-19 testing will be offered in Bennington County, where community spread of the virus remains a serious concern.
As of Friday, the state Department of Health reported that Bennington County had 312 cases in the past 14 days, and 26 new cases. Those 312 cases are second only to far more populous Chittenden County.
Of the stateâs 107 new cases on Friday, about one out of four are in Bennington County, Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine said Friday.
While thereâs a slight decrease in the regionâs numbers, and cases at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center have stabilized, âBennington County looks so much different than the State of Vermont in terms of the curve of active cases,â Levine said during a briefing on the stateâs COVID-19 response.
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Readers: Information from the state Department of Labor on what to do with an affected Form 1099 and how to pursue identity theft and credit protection can be found at https://labor.vermont.gov/1099-incident-updates.
MONTPELIER â The hot seat at the Vermont Department of Labor got hotter on Wednesday, as Gov. Phil Scott appointed one of his top advisers as a deputy to Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington and a task force to address the problem.
Meanwhile, state House and Senate lawmakers sought more complete information from Harrington about what they should tell constituents concerned about the risk of identity theft as the result of corrupted tax forms sent to thousands of unemployment claimants.