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 (WRIC)-Upgrades to Virginia’s outdated unemployment system are being delayed until early November, about one month after the long-anticipated Oct. 1 launch date.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

RICHMOND, Va. -- A decades-old computer system and not enough staff to answer phones were two causes of the months-long delay some out-of-work Virginians experienced while waiting for help from the ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- When Seon Kennedy was let go from his management job at a Henrico rehab center in January, he never expected to still be waiting to receive his unemployment benefits in May. “Right ...

The old system, which relied on paper forms and manual labor, was scheduled to be shut down at 5 p.m. Monday for a weeklong transition that will prevent anyone from filing new applications for ...

NORFOLK, Va. — New unemployment claims filed in Virginia last week almost quadrupled from the week before. According to the Department of Labor, almost 17,000 people filed new claims for benefits, way ...

The Virginia Employment Commission is implementing a new unemployment insurance system designed for efficient delivery of benefits and services. Modernizing the current UI system is a critical part of ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A planned shutdown to Virginia’s unemployment system began Monday at 5 p.m. The pause will pave the way for a modernized system more than a decade in the making. The Virginia ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Virginia Employment Commission is delaying the rollout of its new unemployment insurance system again, moving the launch date back to Nov. 8. The VEC previously planned the online ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) — A major upgrade to Virginia’s unemployment system is scheduled to get underway next week. According to the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC), the current system will shut ...

The Virginia Employment Commission is completing the last phase of a 12-year effort to replace an antiquated computer system that crippled the state unemployment system’s ability to respond ...