Local anti-homeless groups and tenant advocates applauded the move Monday, but a representative for a Nevada apartment association called the move “devastating” for struggling landlords.
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Nevada’s state unemployment agency announced Tuesday it will apply for the $300-a-week federal supplemental payment for jobless residents.
Leaders with the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation are scheduled to provide the update over Zoom at 10 a.m.
The last week of federal unemployment benefits that was supposed to come this week is now expected next week.
Tuesday marks the beginning of long-awaited payments for some Nevada independent contractors and self-employed workers.
Former DETR employees told the Review-Journal the state agency could be doing a better job preventing fraud while paying out jobless claims quickly.
Nevada’s agency overseeing unemployment insurance suspects anywhere between 133,748 and 185,484 possibly fraudulent jobless claims have been filed.
Two more businesses have violated health and safety measures, while overall compliance has increased.
A Nevada judge will order the state’s employment department to begin paying gig and independent worker claims.
A Nevada judge is expected to decide Monday whether the state’s employment bureau must immediately pay out pending benefits claims to the state’s independent, gig and self-employed workers.