State to release data on scope of R.I. unemployment insurance fraud
Days after a union official filed a complaint, the Department of Labor and Training has agreed to disclose the number of residents victimized
By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated February 25, 2021, 7:07 p.m.
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Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training building in Cranston, R.I.Courtesy of the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training
PROVIDENCE â Under mounting pressure, the state Department of Labor and Training plans to release information next week about the extent of unemployment insurance fraud in Rhode Island.
On Monday, a union official filed a complaint with the attorney generalâs office, challenging DLTâs refusal to say how many state residents and state employees have been victims of unemployment insurance fraud.
State agency wonât reveal number of victims of unemployment insurance fraud
Department of Labor and Training rejects union request for number of state residents and state employees affected
By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated February 9, 2021, 6:18 p.m.
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Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training building in Cranston, R.I.Courtesy of the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training
PROVIDENCE â The state Department of Labor and Training is refusing to say how many state residents and how many state employees have been victims of unemployment insurance fraud.
Matthew Gunnip, president of SEIU Local 580 - Rhode Island Alliance of Social Service Employees, asked for those two figures on Jan. 21.
COVID-19 weekly unemployment filings spike in R.I. amid exhaustion of initial benefits
THERE WERE 79,970 individuals collecting some form of unemployment benefit in Rhode Island last week. / AP FILE PHOTO/PAUL SAKUMA PROVIDENCE – COVID-19-related unemployment insurance filings in Rhode Island rose by 16,036, more than double the 7,120 one week prior, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said on Tuesday. To date, COVID-19 unemployment insurance filings in the state total 302,127. The rise in filings week to week did not keep pace with continuing benefit…
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Unemployment benefits to continue in RI; $300 bonus starts next week
Jobless benefits will continue flowing uninterrupted to out-of-work Rhode Islanders despite the belated signing of a COVID relief and government funding bill, the state Department of Labor and Training said Monday.
Two coronavirus unemployment insurance programs expired before President Donald Trump, who had criticized the new COVID bill since Congress passed it a week ago, abruptly signed it Sunday.
The brief expiration of the programs raised the possibility that benefits for some people covered by the programs, particularly self-employed or gig economy workers, would not get checks for this week.