Unemployed hospital worker desperate for help from the VEC wtvr.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wtvr.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Laid off Richmond warehouse worker has been waiting more than 5 months for VEC benefits
The south Richmond warehouse worker was laid off last year during the pandemic and actually received benefits for several months before they stopped in January with no explanation.
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RICHMOND, Va. While the pandemic may be ending and overall employment is rising in Virginia, the fallout from 16 months of the coronavirus is still apparent in the Commonwealth.
Just ask the hundreds of unemployed Virginians who have been contacting CBS6 about their struggles to get benefits or even just answers from the Virginia Employment Commission.
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Official: VEC only responding to ‘small portion’ of calls
Sarah Rankin, Associated Press
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RICHMOND, Va. – Workers at the beleaguered Virginia Employment Commission are still responding to only a “small portion” of calls for help related to unemployment benefits, a state official told lawmakers Tuesday, presenting troubling preliminary findings from an ongoing agency audit.
Lauren Axselle, who is leading a review of the commission for the state’s legislative watchdog agency, also raised concerns during her presentation in Richmond about staffing turnover, a technology modernization project and whether real progress was being made in working through a backlog of claims requiring adjudication.
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