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Colorado finds more fraudulent PUA claims made July-August, says $300/week benefits will start next week

DENVER – The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment said Thursday that around 48,000 federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims for self-employed workers filed between mid-July and late ...
American Enterprise Institute

Despite Staggering Improper Payments, New Labor Department Report Calls for Reviving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

As America prepares to celebrate Labor Day, it’s timely to wonder what the US Department of Labor (DOL) has been up to. One noteworthy recent action was DOL’s August 21 release of a report on improper ...
Cleveland.com

Worker manipulated relatives’ pandemic unemployment claims, Ohio Inspector General finds

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Inspector General announced Monday that a contract employee improperly cleared several Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims, including two that belonged to her relatives, ...
American Enterprise Institute

Recalling Pandemic Lessons on “Self-Certifying” Eligibility

Sometimes what is left unmentioned can be far more important than what is said. A good example is obscure guidance issued last week by the US Department of Labor (DOL) encouraging workforce programs ...
WCPO Cincinnati

State: ODJFS employee tried improperly filling COVID-era unemployment claims, including her own

CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati woman has been indicted on multiple charges after Ohio officials claim she improperly accessed unemployment claims from the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program while she ...