A number of Nevadans may likely receive a paycheck from their job before payments from the Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilititon as more businesses start reopening their doors
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The head of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation said Friday that a department employee has tested positive for COVID-19.
Las Vegan Victoria Waked has found herself trapped amid a list of messages telling her the claim she filed for unemployment insurance benefits can’t be processed.
The Alorica call center tasked with helping gig workers file for unemployment insurance benefits is still open for business, but filers will not be able to connect with an adjudicator until Monday.
Nevada’s jobless gig workers contacting a call center are hitting the same wall as those who filed for traditional benefits in March.
The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, which oversees the unemployment office, announced the development Thursday.
Nevada has plenty of company in other states mired in delays processing unemployment claims.
Nevadans reaching the end of their unemployment insurance benefits can expect to receive an additional 13 weeks of benefits from the state’s unemployment office.
It’s unclear how many individuals have tested positive at the warehouse, which is located just north of the College of Southern Nevada’s North Las Vegas campus.
Heather Korbulik says the goals are to process people en masse at the unemployment office, get the call center phased in and help people get through on those lines.
Three Nevada Amazon warehouses have now reported positive cases of the coronavirus.
Nevadans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will be able to order food online for the first time.
This is at least the second case for the online retailer’s Las Vegas Valley operations.
A survey among small businesses found most owners were able to successfully apply and receive funds from the Paycheck Protection Program, after it received a second round of funding last month.
The maintenance will not impact the state unemployment insurance website (ui.nv.gov) and filers will still be able to access the state’s unemployment insurance website, ui.nv.gov, as well as file online.