Virginia has frozen unemployment benefits for more than 12,000 people who refused to return to work amid the ongoing public health crisis, the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) announced Friday.
The commission, which administers unemployment benefits in the state, did not specify whether all of the frozen claims stem from employees who refuse to work because they want to avoid contracting the coronavirus. But it implied that the gradual reopening of business in Virginia has led to conflicts between employers who wish to reopen and employees who believe it’s too early to do so safely.
In a press release, the commission notes that workers can keep receiving benefits if they refuse to work because of illness, a lack of child care, or other qualifying circumstances. But a general fear of contracting the coronavirus at work is not an allowable reason to collect benefits, under guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Labor. Individuals who lose their benefits after refusing work must pass an administrative review before their benefits can be restored.
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ReplyDeleteI'm OK with that!
ReplyDeleteLazy bums trying to suck of the generous vote purchasing democrat teats!
Not the case for OC bus drivers. We normally return to work by Springfaest but have not even been advised by whoever (the "commission"?) when we might if at all. Many of us have accepted alternate employment elsewhere so they should not be surprised about any staffing problems when they happen.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, only police and firemen are permitted Union representation. Where are the Teamsters on this?
Say What
ReplyDeleteI not no slave.... You white peoples owe me reparations Yo.... Foe being a slave...
Hold up, gots to gets some wine wif my EBT card
SMH
DeleteOh please keep the race card in your pocket, the whites are just as guilty of this.
Delete$1000 a week doing nothing, or return to work for less than half that.....
ReplyDeleteJust goes to show that government handouts are the worst possible policy!
ReplyDeleteVIRGINIA SUCKS.
ReplyDeleteAnd all government employees pay continues always
ReplyDeleteOops ! There's total CAPS ! lol
ReplyDeleteVirginia is for lovers ...
ReplyDeleteWhen will the blackface Governor Northam has his just dues? He certainly has skated his faux pas without any repercussions from the Black Lives Matter crowd hasn’t he? Seems the Democrats’ lack of self awareness doesn’t come without its sense of irony.
ReplyDeleteStates Don't want you to get ANY unemployment money & they will do
ReplyDeletewhatever they can to keep it from you so They can keep it for themselves to squander & spend !!! FACT
Govt is your worse Enemy Not your friend !! Fact
The New Pandemic Rules should have made it so , Noone has to go
ReplyDeleteback if they don't feel safe & Unemployment should have to STILL PAY
them until the end of this year until 2021 !!! If they work or Not !!!