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The commission has to go through over 90,000 claims by Labor Day, according to a settlement reached at the end of May. The three legal groups representing unemployment claimants say they think the VEC isn’t going through a backlog of unemployment claims fast enough to keep up with new claims.
The Legal Aid Justice Center, the Virginia Poverty Law Center, and Legal Aid Works say that the VEC reported it had 40,000 claims left. But they also estimate that 30,000 new claims came into the system.
Delegate Rodney Willett of Henrico County said that his office has many constituents who have had issues getting their claims resolved.
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