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Virginia overpaid unemployed workers by more than $470 million, hasn’t gotten almost any of it back: audit

Virginia overpaid unemployed workers by more than $470 million over a four-year period, yet it's only recovered a small fraction of those incorrect payments, per a new state audit.
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VEC Commissioner dodges details on private document dump exposed by 8News

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) incorrectly sent a Fluvanna County woman sensitive information about a person unknown to her who lives in Fredericksburg; the second ...
WVEC

VEC no longer requiring PIN for weekly benefits claims

NORFOLK, Va. — The Virginia Employment Commission is no longer requiring unemployed workers to use PINs to file weekly or continued claims for benefits. A VEC spokeswoman said the policy change is ...
WVEC

VEC asks people to file for weekly benefits before site goes down for technology upgrades

NORFOLK, Va. — New unemployment claims filed in Virginia last week almost quadrupled from the week before. According to the Department of Labor, almost 17,000 people filed new claims for benefits, way ...
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VEC could have 1 million additional unemployment claim issues to settle

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) still has over 100,000 unemployment insurance claims to examine and possibly one million claim issues to resolve, according to the Joint ...
Virginia Business

VEC reduces backlog by 89%

The Virginia Employment Commission has decreased its backlog by nearly 89%, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. The VEC reduced the backlog of employment separation reports from 246,273 to 27,728 ...