Wages given to former Koffee Kup employees taken back the next day
MyNBC 5 5/12/2021
Former Koffee Kup Bakery employees tell NBC5 that on Thursday, they received wages from their accrued paid time off. Only to see that the very next day, those funds were taken back.
Transaction statements show thousands of dollars deposited from Koffee Kup Bakery to a recently laid off employee. Jon Sawlan, former area sales manager says,
“In my case, the paid time off, was another mortgage payment and a half. So that’s another month and a half that you don’t have to crack into savings that you were saving for retirement of whatever the case may be.”
A qualified work search can include submitting job applications, contacting a former employer to see if they can return to work, or contacting an employer with a request for work. If a person does not complete that requirement, according to the department, they will not be eligible for benefits for that week.
Exemptions to work search requirement
Exemptions to the requirement are available to Vermonters who are unable to return to work because they are caring for a loved one, lack access to childcare or in-person schooling for their child, or suffer from pre-existing health conditions that put them at increased risk of contracting COVID-19.
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Officials cast doubt on claim that 73% of Vermont’s unemployment claims came from women
Modified: 5/6/2021 9:56:46 PM
In January, Vermont media outlets including VtDigger reported on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s employment, focusing on the disproportionate number of women across the state who lost their jobs or were forced to leave the workforce to care for loved ones or themselves.
Those stories hinged on a statistic that appeared to demonstrate that disparity with simple, direct clarity: 73% of recent unemployment claims in Vermont came from women.
The 73% figure has since been cited in legislative debates, including over whether to provide additional unemployment benefits to those with dependent children. But the reality behind that figure and the perils of studying employment data in Vermont is far more complicated, as