New claims for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program shot up 635 percent last week from the week before, the state workforce agency said Friday, casting doubt on the legitimacy of the increase.

Oregonians on Pandemic Unemployment Assistance will still get their regular weekly benefits despite the program’s late extension, but there is still no telling when they might pocket the money. The ...

COLORADO, USA — The number of people being told to pay back their unemployment benefits could get a lot higher as a second group of claimants is asked to provide certain documents by Dec. 21, or risk ...

Per the federal requirements issued as part of the Continued Assistance Act of 2020, the Georgia Department of Labor is requiring individuals who received Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Employment Department said it’s processed the backlog of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims as of Wednesday. The OED processed all 70,000 claims that were part ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Employment Department, in partnership with Google, launched a new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) online form. The new form will allow the more than 100,000 mostly ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Employment Department announced Wednesday it finished processing a backlog in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claims from self-employed and contract workers. David ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — As tens of thousands of people in Oregon waited for unemployment benefits, state workers paid to process their claims wasted hours scrolling through Instagram and Facebook at a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Tony Ceballos applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits in the spring of 2020. After about a 6 month wait he started receiving them. But in April 2021 he said he ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- More people in Illinois are just learning they owe the state thousands of dollars in overpaid unemployment benefits, including one Bloomingdale woman who got a letter saying she owes ...

PHOENIX - If you received Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, also known as PUA, on or after Dec. 27, 2020, you need to provide the Arizona Department of Economic Security with some documents. AZDES ...

Nevada’s employment office seems to have made some headway in processing unemployment insurance claims filed by independent contractors and self-employed workers but more work could be done, according ...