Marty Wegbreit is about to retire after 43 years of providing legal assistance to Virginians who need it, including 19 at the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society in Richmond.
The good news is that Virginia s unemployment trust fund is brimming with a record $1.5 billion and claims for jobless benefits have fallen to their lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The bad news is Virginia still ranks second in the country for the longest average wait on appeals of state decisions on unemployment claims at 481 days.
The Virginia Employment Commission recently notified almost 17,000 individuals that their unemployment benefit appeals will not be heard unless they can prove by Thursday that they did not file them t
The Virginia Employment Commission notified almost 17,000 their unemployment benefit appeals will not be heard unless they can prove they did not file them too late.