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Unemployment System Audited After Pandemic Failures
Massive delays in claims, duplicate payments and an unreliable call center among issues found in report.
Dec 17th, 2020 by Erik GunnGOP Signals End of Pandemic Unemployment Waivers
Vos says waiting period and work search requirements will return next year.
Dec 10th, 2020 by Laurel WhiteThe Hunger Games, Wisconsin Edition
You’re on your own as pandemic rages and Republican legislators again refuse to meet.
Dec 7th, 2020 by State Sen. Jeff SmithJob Growth Down Five Months in a Row
The national unemployment rate in November was 6.7%
Dec 4th, 2020 by Graham KilmerExtended Unemployment Payments Begin This Week
Extended Benefits payments going to those that exhausted all other forms of unemployment assistance.
Dec 3rd, 2020 by Rachael VasquezVos Pandemic Plan Sets Up Political Battle
Speaker Robin Vos releases plan and includes provisions that strip power from the governor.
Dec 3rd, 2020 by Melanie Conklin and Erik GunnState Official Promises End to Unemployment Insurance Backlog
Department of Workforce Development’s new director hopes to end backlog by late December.
Dec 2nd, 2020 by Rachael VasquezAssembly GOP Unveils Tough Pandemic Plan
Republicans would make state employees work in offices, force teachers into classrooms, cut state aid to non-complying schools.
Dec 2nd, 2020 by Shawn JohnsonWill Unemployment Backlog Be Cleared By End Of Year?
70,000 people in Wisconsin are still waiting for their unemployment to come through.
Nov 26th, 2020 by Rachael VasquezMilwaukee Unemployment Rising
The recovery is over as every part of the state is seeing unemployment increase.
Nov 25th, 2020 by Graham KilmerThousands Still Await Jobless Aid
Some 93,000 applications for pandemic aid have yet to be processed or adjudicated by state.
Nov 22nd, 2020 by Marty Hobe and Bram Sable-SmithWisconsin Unemployment Increased in October
Service sector lost nearly 30,000 jobs.
Nov 20th, 2020 by Erik Gunn