Extra $400 for jobless Oklahomans on hold as feds may request funds back, officials say
State officials have hit pause on a plan to send out one-time $400 payments to people who lost their jobs due to COVID-19. Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Executive Director Shelley Zumwalt said in a news release Wednesday that the payments would be on hold after the state agency received what it called âconflicting guidanceâ about the use of the excess funds, which might be seen as overpayments that would have to be returned. State officials announced last week that one-time $400 payments from unused Lost Wages Assistance program funds administered by the Federal Emergency ...
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