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Credit: (AP Photo/John Minchillo) File photo: A nurse at work during the early days of the pandemic. As the novel coronavirus began to spread last year, workers in health care, retail, warehouses and in other occupations raised concerns. Cecelia Gilligan Leto often fields calls from workers concerned for their safety while they do their jobs. As project director for the New Jersey Work Environment Council, Leto has trained people in workplace safety for years. So, when the novel coronavirus began to spread last year, workers in health care, retail, warehouses and in other occupations turned to her. “You had this invisible thing come into the workplace; people just didn’t know what to do with it, and there was a lot to learn in the beginning,’’ she said. “COVID was a new hazard, and in February and March those calls kept coming in and the people were fearful, and they were scared.” ....
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VEC: Testing of PEUC program underway to implement as soon as possible Virginia Employment Commission (Source: NBC12) By Karina Bolster | February 3, 2021 at 5:55 PM EST - Updated February 3 at 7:10 PM HENRICO Co., Va. (WWBT) - Virginians anxiously waiting to file claims under the extended Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program will have to wait a bit longer. In the Virginia Employment Commission’s (VEC) weekly update Wednesday, it stated “The VEC continues to work to implement this program. More information will be forthcoming… Please monitor your Gov2Go account.” The PEUC program is one of two federal unemployment benefit programs extended until March 13, 2021, through the Continued Assistance Act signed by former President Donald Trump on Dec. 27, 2020. ....