âI canât pay my rent. I have no food.â Unemployed workers are on edge awaiting slow-moving jobless benefits
By Katie Johnston Globe Staff,Updated February 1, 2021, 7:43 p.m.
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Unemployed workers in Massachusetts who havenât received benefits since the end of December are pleading with the state to tell them where their money is â and worrying about how theyâre going to cover Februaryâs rent.
Some who have been waiting more than a month for a new round of unemployment benefits to kick in said that state employees are telling them the system is being updated; others have heard that a raft of fraudulent claims is causing delays.