Some jobless Nevadans’ final $600 weekly federal payment has been delayed.
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Hope is dissolving into fear for thousands of unemployed Nevadans as Saturday marks the end of a federal provision that paid an additional $600 a week in unemployment insurance benefits.
The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation hosted its weekly media briefing Friday to update Nevadans about unemployment insurance.
“At a point, you just give up,” Laura Shipton said. “It’s been over three months now. It’s never going to happen. It’s a pipe dream.”
The warehouse at 6001 E. Tropical Parkway has seen at least 17 positive cases of the coronavirus.
The notices asking for repayment come at a time when many jobless Nevadans are struggling to cover basic expenses.
Nevada’s employment office canceled its weekly media briefing an hour before it was scheduled to start Friday morning.
Nevada’s pot of money for paying jobless benefits runs out in less than seven weeks.
The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation hosted its weekly media briefing Friday to update Nevadans about unemployment insurance.
Nevada’s employment office will be conducting mainteance on its website Thursday night.