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Readers: Information from the state Department of Labor on what to do with an affected Form 1099 and how to pursue identity theft and credit protection can be found at https://labor.vermont.gov/1099-incident-updates.
MONTPELIER â The hot seat at the Vermont Department of Labor got hotter on Wednesday, as Gov. Phil Scott appointed one of his top advisers as a deputy to Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington and a task force to address the problem.
Meanwhile, state House and Senate lawmakers sought more complete information from Harrington about what they should tell constituents concerned about the risk of identity theft as the result of corrupted tax forms sent to thousands of unemployment claimants.
Dispatches senior officials to address immediate needs; requests performance audit from State Auditor; appoints new deputy commissioner Montpelier, Vt. - Governor Phil Scott today took additional actions to address and correct the tax form errors announced by the Vermont Department of Labor (VDOL) on Monday. Specifically, the Governor has dispatched two senior-level tactical response teams to VDOL to expedite the response to the 1099-G tax form errors; asked State Auditor Doug Hoffer to conduct a performance audit to identify the root cause of the error and provide recommendations for long-term quality control improvements; and he has appointed a new deputy commissioner to help lead the department.
Dispatches senior officials to address immediate needs; requests performance audit from State Auditor; appoints new deputy commissioner
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott on Wednesday took additional actions to address and correct the tax form errors announced by the Vermont Department of Labor on Monday.
Specifically, the governor has dispatched two senior-level tactical response teams to VDOL to expedite the response to the 1099-G tax form errors; asked State Auditor Doug Hoffer to conduct a performance audit to identify the root cause of the error and provide recommendations for long-term quality control improvements; and he has appointed a new deputy commissioner to help lead the department.
TORONTO Planes filled with precious cargo prepared for takeoff this morning as Operation Remote Immunity, a program aiming at bringing the vaccine to fly-in communities in Ontario, officially took flight. Operation Remote Immunity will deliver the Moderna vaccine to 31 First Nation communities in Northern Ontario, most of which can only be reached by air. Neskantaga First Nation Chief Christopher Moonias was the first to roll up his sleeve and get vaccinated in his community. He shared the experience on Facebook Live to demonstrate his confidence in the vaccine. âThose are the guys that are waiting to be vaccinated,â he said in the video, panning to show people waiting in a spaced out line in the hallway. âWe got about 40 people today coming, 30 tomorrow, and more the day after.â
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The Canadian Press
More First Nations priority groups have been identified to receive doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Manitoba as Indigenous people in the province
continue to face disproportionate rates of infection, hospitalization and death.
Traditional healers and knowledge keepers, health care workers in non-remote First Nations communities in direct contact with patients, and First Nations isolation workers will have access to the Moderna vaccine starting next week in pop-up inoculation