Oregon Still Struggling With Unemployment Benefits
More than a year into the pandemic-induced recession, many unemployed Oregonians are still struggling to secure their benefit payments. The state is still well below the national average for timely benefits payments.
April 28, 2021 • (TNS) Megan Gaddini has been out of work for more than a year, since she lost her marketing job in the weeks before the pandemic hit Oregon.
Swept up in the flood of jobless claims that inundated the state a year ago, Gaddini and her husband – who also lost his job – spent five months trying to fix their unemployment claims and secure their benefits. Oregon was among the slowest in the nation to pay jobless benefits during the early days of the pandemic.
A year into the recession, collecting Oregon jobless benefits remains a struggle
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“Our agencies have to be more resilient,” said Gov. Kate Brown. “They have to be more nimble and flexible. And they have to be able to adapt quickly.”
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Megan Gaddini has been out of work for more than a year, since she lost her marketing job in the weeks before the pandemic hit Oregon.
Swept up in the flood of jobless claims that inundated the state a year ago, Gaddini and her husband – who also lost his job – spent five months trying to fix their unemployment claims and secure their benefits. Oregon was among the slowest in the nation to pay jobless benefits during the early days of the pandemic.
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