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Perez was labor secretary for nearly four years under President Barack Obama.
He spent nearly a decade in the Justice Department.
He will help clients with regulatory, policy and labor and employment issues at Venable.
Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Thomas Perez is joining Venable as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.
Perez, who served as the labor secretary for nearly four years under President Barack Obama, beat now-Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison for the DNC post in 2017 and did not seek reelection going into 2021.
At Venable, Perez will help clients with regulatory, policy and labor and employment issues.
A group rallied Saturday afternoon outside the Maryland Department of Labor offices in Baltimore over issues with unemployment benefits.More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and many people who became jobless are still reporting problems with getting their unemployment payments. Many people across the state were put out of a job due to the pandemic.The People s Power Assembly, which organized the rally, said funds from unemployment and coronavirus relief act benefits are a right to taxpayers who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, saying some people are reporting slowed payments and others who said they haven t received any payments. We have filed a Freedom of Information Act request in the Maryland Department of Labor requesting how many current, unprocessed and unadjudicated claims there are. They have not been transparent about the number, said Andrew Mayton, a demonstrator. People need either jobs or income, and that that CARES Act money, that money belongs to us, s
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The CASH Campaign of Marylandâs âBank On Marylandâ is helping the unbanked and low-to-moderate income residents of the state take advantage of receiving their unemployment benefit payments by direct deposit.
For those interested in the program, which works with the Maryland Department of Labor to help recipients receive payments quickly and safely, a deadline of May 24, 2021 exists if individuals want direct deposit.
âWhat we want to do is get the word out, so that individuals know that there is this huge transition from the use of prepaid cards, which has been the primary way that the Department of Labor has provided unemployment insurance benefits in the past,â said Kylie Delgado, Bank On Maryland Program Manager. âWeâre encouraging individuals to be aware that this is coming and then to make a decision to go the direct deposit
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