A new issue regarding unemployment claims came up Wednesday at the state board of public works.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||People are now getting overpayment notices. It was part of a conversation involving a review of $170 million worth of contracts to address the backlog of claims.Some people collecting unemployment benefits are now getting notices from the state that they were paid too much. According to state Comptroller Peter Franchot, the amounts are as high as $9,000. “It is very disconcerting to people when they get a 7-8-$9,000 overpayment demand and they obviously don t have it,” Franchot said.The issue came up during the Board of Public Works meeting as the panel dissected $170 million in contracts the Maryland Department of Labor awarded to address a backlog of claims and other unemployment benefit-related issues.“We are communicating directly with our customers about these overpayments,” Maryland Departmen
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Direct deposit will soon be available to Maryland unemployment insurance claimants
Direct deposit will soon be available to Maryland unemployment insurance claimants
and last updated 2021-02-23 19:13:45-05
MARYLAND â Direct deposit will soon be available to Maryland unemployment insurance claimants.
Secretary of Labor Tiffany Robinson said the state is switching their unemployment insurance payment vendor from Bank of America to Wells Fargo.
Beginning in April, claimants will have the option for direct deposit or paper check. The department is doing away with debit cards to cut down on fraud.
Direct deposit will allow newly approved claimants to receive their first benefit payment much faster because they will no longer need to wait 7-10 business days to receive a physical debit card through the postal service.
Maryland Labor Secretary addresses months-long wait for unemployment interviews
Maryland Labor Secretary addresses long wait for unemployment benefits
and last updated 2021-03-17 16:33:38-04
BALTIMORE â Maryland Secretary of Labor Tiffany Robinson said at least 25 adjudicators are being added each week to address the backlog of pending unemployment insurance claims.
As of last week, more than 44,000 claims were still pending.
In an interview on Friday, WMAR-2 News Mallory Sofastaii asked Robinson for a timeline on when claimants can expect to hear from someone with the Division of Unemployment Insurance. As quickly as we can possibly get to them thatâs my answer. What I can tell you is, youâve probably seen with all the weekly claim numbers, there was a period of time where the claims started to reduce but they have gone back up. This week, we had over 15,000 new claims, so while our pending numbers and the backlog look like they maybe havenât changed, we
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