VEC pays $200,000 to legal aid groups to settle suit on jobless claims realradio804.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from realradio804.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
RICHMOND — The Virginia Employment Commission has agreed to pay $200,000 to three legal aid organizations to settle a federal lawsuit filed almost a year ago to force the state
Advocates for jobless Virginians have reached an agreement with the Virginia Employment Commission on ending a federal lawsuit against the state for failing to promptly settle unemployment claims and pay
VEC, advocates agree on order to end federal lawsuit over unemployment benefits realradio804.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from realradio804.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
To understand the frustrations some Virginians are experiencing with unemployment benefits, itâs worth spending a few minutes chatting with Eddie Seay. Though the progressive activist is based in Franklin County, heâs been working on behalf of aggrieved workers throughout the commonwealth.
Months after their layoffs, many are still waiting for their unemployment benefits to begin, Seay told me. For others, benefits started but were mysteriously cut off. And getting an explanation for either is often impossible, he added.
On one day last week, Seay said he made 126 phone calls to the agencyâs toll-free line on behalf of claimants who for one reason or another havenât received benefits they believe were due. Not once among all those calls was Seay able to talk to a human at the VEC, he said.