More than 46,000 Texans who lost their jobs in recent months were initially overpaid by the Texas Workforce Commission, which now wants $32 million in unemployment benefits back. “State law requires TWC to recover all unemployment benefits overpayments,” Cisco Gamez,...
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From The HR Support Center: What do we do if an employee is diagnosed with COVID-19?
First, notify other employees of potential exposure to COVID-19, if any, in the workplace. You should tell them that someone was diagnosed with the illness, but you should not identify which employee is sick, even if employees ask so they can gauge their own risk....
FBI Sees Spike in Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Claims Filed Using Stolen Identities
The FBI has seen a spike in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims complaints related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic involving the use of stolen personally identifiable information (PII). U.S. citizens from several states have been victimized by criminal actors...