WRIC

VEC delays timeline for unemployment system upgrades: “No one should be surprised”

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC)-Upgrades to Virginia’s outdated unemployment system are being delayed until early November, about one month after the long-anticipated Oct. 1 launch date. That’s also pushing back ...
WVEC

VEC no longer requiring PIN for weekly benefits claims

NORFOLK, Va. — The Virginia Employment Commission is no longer requiring unemployed workers to use PINs to file weekly or continued claims for benefits. A VEC spokeswoman said the policy change is ...
WRIC

“Sometimes there are going to be errors:” VEC head responds to private document dump

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Just 15 hours after 8News aired a second investigation into how a Henrico woman inadvertently had access to sensitive documents via her online profile with the Virginia ...
wtvr

Unemployed network technician says VEC has not improved since pandemic: 'Where's the accountability?'

RICHMOND, Va. -- With the U.S. economy humming along, and with unemployment near record lows, the pandemic may seem long ago. But it's not exactly in the rear-view mirror for the Virginia Employment ...
WVEC

VEC to resume trying to collect about $860M in overpayments

RICHMOND, Va. — Editor's note: The video above is about the impact of carbon emissions on the Chesapeake Bay. It aired on July 1. The Virginia Employment Commission is resuming efforts to collect what ...
wtvr

VEC could have 1 million additional unemployment claim issues to settle

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) still has over 100,000 unemployment insurance claims to examine and possibly one million claim issues to resolve, according to the Joint ...
WSET

VEC documents: hundreds of thousands report unemployment insurance fraud

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — As many waited for their unemployment benefits, the Virginia Employment commission received hundreds of thousands of reports of unemployment insurance fraud, according to ...