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(JEFFERSON CITY, MO) – In order to address workforce shortages across the state, Governor Mike Parson today directed the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DOLIR) to notify the U.S. Department of Labor that Missouri will end participation in all federal pandemic-related unemployment insurance programs effective Saturday, June 12 at 11:59 p.m. “From conversations with business owners across the state, we know that they are struggling not because of COVID-19 but because of labor shortages resulting from these excessive federal unemployment programs,” Governor Parson said. “While these benefits provided supplementary financial assistance during the height of COVID-19, they were intended to be temporary, and their continuation has instead worsened the workforce issues we are facing. It’s time that we end these programs that have ultimately incentivized people to stay out of the workforce.” ....
MO lawmakers say Labor Department went back on its word to halt collections Missouri lawmakers working to resolve unemployment overpayment issues and last updated 2021-04-15 18:59:37-04 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. â Missouri lawmakers claim the Department of Labor went back on its word to halt collections of overpayment money. 41 Action News first reported this issue in July 2020, when Missourians reported receiving notices of overpayment from the agency. The notices said they had been overpaid due to no fault of their own, through agency error and they needed to pay that money back. After months of stress and struggling to get any information about the notices, the agency explained about 45,000 Missourians had received them. ....
Missouri House Communications Rep. J. Eggleston, R-Maysville, shown debating on the House floor earlier this month, sponsored legislation to forgive the federal portion of unemployment benefits the state mistakenly paid out last year. The bill is now under consideration in the Senate. Missouri lawmakers expressed frustration Tuesday with the Department of Labor for reneging on part of an informal deal they struck last month to pump the brakes on collection of unemployment overpayments as legislation moves through the Senate. Rep. J. Eggleston, R-Maysville, sponsored a bill passed by the House last month that would forgive nearly $109 million in federal unemployment benefits mistakenly paid out by the state last year. ....