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Gov. Mike DeWine says "international gangsters" are taking advantage of the system.
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134,000 gig workers, independent contractors and self-employed Ohioans who have been waiting on their unemployment claims for more than a month will now get paid.
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Fraud in the state’s unemployment system cost Ohio more than $330 million in just the last three months of last year. And there could still be fraud among more than a quarter of a million claims flagged this summer.
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Gov. Mike DeWine says the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services alone is unable to fix the issues that are bogging down the system.
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Technological issues continue to bog down the system that needs to be upgraded.
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The federal government has authorized $300 weekly unemployment bonus checks, but many Ohioans say they are not getting them yet.
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Ohioans are being alerted to a scam targeting current and past recipients of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
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A new law that sends $650 million in federal CARES Act money to Ohio communities to help with pandemic-related costs also includes a potential overhaul...
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Parents and other caregivers of children who are learning at home while schools are closed – even for part of the week – can receive weekly cash benefits, regardless of whether they would normally qualify for unemployment. That’s according to guidance released at the end of August from the U.S. Department of Labor about who is eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). The program, part of the federal government’s COVID-19 relief plan, is aimed at those affected by the virus who are not eligible for regular unemployment benefits.