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Q & A with Powden on Vermont’s bankrupt unemployment fund
Layoff image Editor’s note: On Monday, I interviewed Patricia Moulton Powden, the commissioner of the Vermont Department of Labor, about the long-term viability of Vermont’s Unemployment Insurance...
View ArticleOn video: Employers rally in support of unemployment fix
An ad hoc coalition of business groups formed last week to support S.290, a bill sponsored by Sen. Bill Carris, Sen. Hinda Miller and Sen. Vince Illuzzi, that calls for significant reforms to Vermont’s...
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Bankrupt: Without a fix, Vermont will see $400 million in red ink by 2014
Unemployed worker Vermont lawmakers may have nearly balanced the budget this year – even in the face of a $154 million deficit – but they haven’t yet resolved an equally daunting fiscal problem: the...
View ArticleCurtis: A better way to fix the unemployment fund
Editor’s note: This oped is by Christopher J. Curtis, a staff attorney for Vermont Legal Aid, Inc. If you could restore the unemployment fund without cutting benefits and with less of an impact on...
View ArticleNational Employment Law Project: Vermont budget cuts would undermine jobless...
From the National Employment Law Project For Immediate Release: April 26, 2010 Contact: George Wentworth, National Employment Law Project, (860) 257-8894 NELP: Vermont Budget Cuts Would Undermine...
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Video + analysis: Lawmakers make concessions on unemployment, push for...
Mark Perrault, right, of the Joint Fiscal Office, explains the unemployment fund legislation, Rep. Dave Sharpe is seated left Summary of Legislature’s unemployment proposal Editor’s note: Shumlin,...
View ArticleOn video + analysis: Governor, Shumlin, Smith compromise on unemployment...
Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin and House Speaker Shap Smith announced an agreement this morning to resolve the state’s bankrupt unemployment fund by 2015. Unemployment...
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Vermont unemployment rate up a fraction, job growth uneven
Vermont’s unemployment rate ticked up to 4.1 percent in May, according to the latest numbers released by the Vermont Department of Labor. The bump matches a 0.1 percent increase in the national...
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State unemployment rate up slightly in July
Vermont’s official unemployment rate rose slightly in July, but stayed below national and New England averages. Graph courtesy Vermont Department of Labor Vermont’s unemployment rate rose slightly in...
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Labor Department says surge of fraudulent unemployment claims is to blame for...
The Vermont Department of Labor web portal for self-employed people who have been affected by Covid-19 is seen on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger An envelope from the...
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Feds ask Vermont to re-process thousands of pandemic benefit claims
Michael Harrington, commissioner of the Department of Labor, discusses the state’s backlog of unemployment claims at a press briefing on April 17, 2020. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The federal...
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Labor Department has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent claims
The Vermont Department of Labor web portal for self-employed people who have been affected by the covid-19 virus seen on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Vermont...
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Officials cast doubt on claim that 73% of Vermont’s unemployment claims came...
Joyce Manchester is a senior economist for the Joint Fiscal Office. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger In January, Vermont media outlets — including this one — reported on the impact of the...
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A year into Covid-19, Labor Department issues stall Vermonters’ efforts to...
Karen Butler, seen at home in Morrisville on Friday May 7, 2021, has struggled with getting her unemployment benefits. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Laura Giles needs to pay her bills. The...
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New technical issue blocks some laid-off workers from filing for benefits online
Michael Harrington, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Labor, speaks at a press conference in Barre on March 16, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger After the rocky return of the work-search...
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