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The Unemployment Compensation Modernization and Improvement Council, chaired by Rep. Sean Tarwater, heard updates Monday on KDOL’s efforts to enroll claimants in a reemployment program and brainstormed potential ideas to undercut fraud attempts. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)
TOPEKA The Kansas Department of Labor is making a push this week to sign unemployment claimants up for the state’s newly buffed reemployment assistance program.
The enhanced My Reemployment Plan program, part of House Bill 2196 approved by the Kansas Legislature in May, is intended to help those who are unemployed find new jobs in the state. Those who do not participate in the program organized through the Department of Commerce could have their unemployment insurance benefits suspended.
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Deloitte also worked on improvements to the traditional unemployment system and added staff for processing claims.
Ohio spent millions on adding staff to handle the influx of claims. Seattle-based Direct Interactions received $21.5 million to staff up the state s unemployment compensation call center. California-based consulting firm Protiviti, a subsidiary of Robert Half, received $6.7 million on the call center and addressing fraud.
Ohio spent $957,000 on benefit fraud, paid to LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Navigator, which had a contract with the Ohio Department of Administrative Services
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services also spent nearly $505,000 on public relations and crisis communication, explaining the system s woes and fraud to the media and lawmakers. Paul Werth & Associates and Pierce Communication got those contracts.
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