The $30 million in excess unemployment benefits that thousands must repay to the state and federal governments likely will grow.
Unemployment
Posted inInvestigations
CT lawmakers call on state to forgive unemployment overpayments for thousands
The lawmakers say the burden of correcting the overpayments shouldn’t be on people who filed their applications in good faith.
Posted inInvestigations
State to thousands who got unemployment money: Give it back
State officials have issued thousands of letters instructing some people to repay unemployment benefits they received during the pandemic.
Posted inMoney
Millions in federal unemployment benefits end in September. That spells trouble for CT’s economy.
Tens of millions of federal dollars going weekly to Connecticut’s unemployed are set to expire in early September.
Posted inNews
CT labor officials begin to assess fraudulent benefits claims during pandemic’s first year
One in every 14 applications for unemployment benefits in Connecticut during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic was fraudulent.
Posted inGovernment
Poor people are still suffering from economic downturn brought by COVID
Communities that were already struggling with poverty before the pandemic were hit particularly hard when the jobs vanished.
Posted inNews
Lamont welcomes pandemic relief as ‘better late than never’
Connecticut scrambled Monday to determine how the president’s delay in signing COVID relief will impact unemployment benefits.
Posted inMoney
Lamont to leverage $55M in federal aid to assist poor unemployed
Gov. Ned Lamont will expand unemployment eligibility to channel more than $1,800 this winter to about 38,000 residents.
Posted inEconomic Development
Connecticut ranks last in personal income growth over past year
A new report from Pew Charitable Trusts ranks Connecticut dead last in personal income growth over the past year.
Posted inEconomic Development, Money
Lamont hopes to expand CT’s already surging anti-layoff program
The Shared Work Program lets companies reduce employees’ hours rather than laying them off. Workers get partial state unemployment,.
Posted inMoney
Connecticut jobless to receive additional $300 starting this week from new federal program
The money will be paid retroactively to July 26 for those who qualify and will be paid for six weeks.
Posted inMoney
CT homeowners’ delinquency rates soar to one of nation’s highest during COVID pandemic
About 9.4% of the mortgages held by homeowners in the state were delinquent at the end of June.
Posted inMoney
Lamont backs GOP plan for $450 back-to-work incentive
Gov. Ned Lamont favors the Republican plan over an extension of a federal program that provides $600-a-week in added unemployment.
Posted inNews
Unemployment claims remain at historic high, but trending positive
The state has received 582,000 unemployment applications since the pandemic began.
Posted inEconomic Development
New analysis: pandemic unemployment hit minorities, young workers hardest
The coronavirus-induced recession hit Connecticut’s racial minorities and workers in their 20s and 30s the hardest, a new analysis shows.