Annette Sutton talks about her difficulties with the Virginia Employment Commission and her unemployment benefits
Virginia Employment Commissioner Ellen Marie Hess knew the stateâs unemployment insurance system faced a potential reckoning when she and her top deputy met with their new boss, then-Secretary of Commerce and Trade Todd Haymore, more than five years ago.
It was a routine briefing for the new secretary by Hess, who had been appointed commissioner the previous year by Gov. Terry McAuliffe, but Haymore was startled by her candid assessment of the systemâs vulnerabilities.
âThey told me, this is what you need to know: if times turn bad, weâre going to react to it, but weâve been underfunded,â he said.
Court settlement sets path for VEC to resolve more than 92,000 claims for unemployment benefits
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Court settlement sets path for VEC to resolve more than 92,000 claims for unemployment benefits
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Job search rule for unemployment benefits returning in June
April 20, 2021
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Jobless workers collecting unemployment benefits will be required to report looking for work beginning in early June, the Virginia Employment Commission announced Tuesday.
The work search requirement, part of state and federal law, was suspended during the pandemic. The commission announced earlier this month that it would be reinstated, and on Tuesday gave the effective date: the week ending June 5.
“Claimants must search and report two job searches per week,” commission spokeswoman Joyce Fogg wrote in an email.
The requirement will also apply to people who get Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.