Colorado implementing new ID requirement for unemployment; officials hopeful to clear fraud
New ID.me system to be implemented by Jan. 26
The CDLE will partner with ID.me to implement an identification verification system required under the latest federal stimulus package that officials also hope will cut down on the amount of fraud within both the regular and federal unemployment insurance system.
By: Blair Miller , Liz Gelardi
Posted at 5:00 PM, Jan 14, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-14 21:07:32-05
DENVER â The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment will partner with ID.me to implement an identification verification system required under the latest federal stimulus package that officials also hope will cut down on the amount of fraud within both the regular and federal unemployment insurance system.
The number of Coloradans whose identity was stolen and used to make fraudulent claims for unemployment insurance may dramatically increase when the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment sends out
Tamara Chuang
The Colorado Sun
It will take two to four weeks for the state to begin distributing new federal unemployment benefits, though it “may be a little sooner” because the state is upgrading its outdated computer system this week, Joe Barela, executive director of Colorado’s Department of Labor and employment, said in a surprise visit during a call with reporters on Tuesday.
The programs will roll out in phases, Barela said. “Most likely, the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, which is the additional $300 a week, will be the first program we roll out once we have that programmed and ready to go.”
It will take two to four weeks for the state to begin distributing new federal unemployment benefits, though it “may be a little sooner” because the state is upgrading its outdated computer system this week, Joe Barela, executive director of Colorado’s Department of Labor and employment, said in a surprise visit during a call with reporters on Tuesday.
The programs will roll out in phases, Barela said. “Most likely, the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, which is the additional $300 a week, will be the first program we roll out once we have that programmed and ready to go.”
That’s a relief to a half-million Coloradans who are in the state’s unemployment system. Many saw their benefits end on the day after Christmas, when the CARES Act expired and stopped paying federal benefits to self-employed and gig workers and to tens of thousands of Coloradans who had used up their regular state unemployment benefits.
Colorado Prepares to Launch New Unemployment System
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment shut down its unemployment benefits systems as it began moving more than 1.5 million claims over to a newer, modernized platform set to launch this weekend. by Joe Rubino, The Denver Post / January 7, 2020 Colorado State Capitol / Credit: Colorado State Government
(TNS) It s a pivotal week for the
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment and the hundreds of thousands of Coloradans who are relying on unemployment benefits to get by during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Tuesday afternoon, the state shut down its unemployment benefits systems as it began moving more than 1.5 million claims over to a newer, modernized platform set to launch this weekend.