Bucco’s Letter to Labor Commissioner Seeking Solution to Unemployment Frustrations Yields No Response Says Hundreds of People in District Are Still Being Denied Benefits They Deserve Exasperated by almost-constant pleas from constituents who are unable to get help with unemployment benefits from the Department of Labor, Senator Anthony M. Bucco last week wrote to Labor[.]
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N.J. has now distributed more than $28B in unemployment benefits, Labor Dept. says
Updated May 13, 2021;
Another 13,389 new unemployment filings were received by the state Department of Labor for the week of May 7, the department announced Thursday.
It’s a 4% decrease from the previous week, and the first time new filings dipped in three weeks. Applications for unemployment benefits tops 2,165,000 since last March, when the coronavirus pandemic led to massive layoffs.
While the number of residents seeking jobless benefits remains higher than usual, it’s roughly a quarter of the claims filed for the same week in 2020.
More than 260,000 claims have been reopened with the Labor Department, meaning the claimant is opening their claim after having returned to work for some time within the last year.
The headlines have been nothing short of glaring.
A family-owned delicatessen with 10 years under its belt announces it is closing because it can no longer find staff.
Michele Siekerka. (File photo)
Restaurant owners needing to offer finders fees and other incentives to current workers in order to bring in reliable future workers.
Welcome to New Jersey’s great hiring challenge the result of a perfect storm, which includes:
Continued unemployment and stimulus payments causing many people to pass on work opportunities to instead collect an unemployment check;
A lack of child care availability, with schools still not fully open in many areas and child care center license restrictions limiting capacity;
N.J. unemployment filings rise as certification problems continue
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
More than 12,300 new unemployment claims were filed the week ending April 24, a 17% jump from the previous week, which saw a decline, the Labor Department announced.
The Labor Department didn’t provide an update on the New Jerseyans who were unable to certify after the state triggered off High Extended Benefits and intended to transition those claimants to the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program.
It’s unclear how many people were mistakenly excluded from the switch, which the IT division has already rectified through reconfigured programming. The issue affected claimants who were past week 13 of High Extended Benefits, and was resolved en masse, spokeswoman Angela Delli-Santi said.