Advisory because as temperatures drop later today and tonight and the winds continue to pick up were going to actually see wind chills that are going the make it feel well below zero, down negative 15 across much of the region. The poconos could go to 20 degrees below zero in terms of your wind chills so very cold air on the way. For this morning a drivers alert, possible icy patches on nontreated roads and sidewalks its kind of a pedestrian alert as well and right now temperatures are already treating us pretty unkindly. 23 degrees in philadelphia, 18 wilmington, 14 in allentown. Over the last hour the winds have started to pick up so when we started the broadcast at 4 30 i talked about how the wind chills werent all that bad. Now with the hourly posts coming in and winds picking up it feels like its 12 degrees. Nothing like its going to feel overnight but still very uncomfortable. Temperatures today it stays cold 23 degrees by 9 oclock 25 by noon. Technically well get a high of 26 pr
Lengthy delays in collecting unemployment benefits for some workers have been an issue throughout the pandemic.
Initially, there were delays in getting some of the federal programs set up in Ohio to provide benefits for independent contractors, the self-employed and other workers not eligible for traditional unemployment programs.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, which administers unemployment aid in Ohio, was swamped with pandemic claims under the state s traditional unemployment system to begin with. Add in the new federal programs, and the agency was ill-equipped with manpower and technology to handle so many claims.
Problems with fraudulent claims have run into the hundreds of thousands. Many workers with existing claims have seen their cases flagged because of fraud.