For every 10 Americans who successfully filed unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic, at least three or four more have been unable to register due to rampant state-by-state technological problems.
For every 10 Americans who successfully filed unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic, at least three or four more have been unable to register at all, primarily due to rampant state-by-state technological problems, a recent survey showed.
The EPI poll of 24,607 U.S. adults between April 13 and April 24 found that 9.4 percent of respondents had successfully applied for unemployment benefits, but about 3.5 percent said they simply never got through a process which included mail, online and phone options. An additional 2 percent of respondents said they did not apply because the process was simply too difficult and plagued with overcrowding issues.
Many state labor offices including those in Georgia and New Jersey had stalled responses as they sought to find staff members who could update computer systems which used decades-old technology, according tomagazine. Additionally, the federal government instituted"enhanced unemployment insurance" to aid those laid off or furloughed during the pandemic, which many state offices struggled to factor into their already outdated systems.
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