Murphy budget would spend more on N.J. unemployment upgrades after 11 months of problems. Is it enough?
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
Badly needed upgrades could be coming to New Jersey’s aging unemployment infrastructure, Gov. Phil Murphy vowed Tuesday as he proposed his latest state budget.
Under the $44.8 billion spending plan, $7.75 million would go toward modernizing the unemployment system run by the state Department of Labor, which has received more than 2 million initial filings and distributed billions of dollars in jobless benefits and pandemic-relief funds, said Labor spokeswoman Angela Delli-Santi. The current budget allocated $3.875 million
“We’re investing in modernizing critical operations and technologies in the Motor Vehicle Commission and in our unemployment systems in the Department of Labor two areas, in particular, where the pandemic exposed shortcomings,” Murphy said during his pre-recorded budget address. “Too many people across New Jersey paid the pr
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