More than 880,000 people filed new applications for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department reported on Thursday. The numbers are not directly comparable to previous weeks because of a change the Labor Department made in how it calculates the claims,...
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Texas Employers will be protected from chargebacks if workers are separated from their job due to COVID-19
Texas Employers will be protected from unemployment chargebacks if workers are separated from their job due to COVID-19. Please provide this required information to your workers at the time of any separation: Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits are available to...
Texas Wants $32 Million in Unemployment Benefits Back After Finding 46,000 People Were Overpaid
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,...