by admin | Feb 3, 2021 | Business, Health / Medicine, History, Legislature, News
Missouri’s labor director was grilled by state lawmakers in both parties, during a Tuesday hearing in Jefferson City involving unemployment overpayments and the department’s subsequent request for reimbursement. State Department of Labor and Industrial...
by admin | Feb 2, 2021 | Business, Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
The Missouri House oversight committee chair says the state overpaid more than $100 million in unemployment benefits last year, and he’s hearing that some residents are being told they’ll have to repay up to $12,000. The House Special Committee on...
by admin | Sep 1, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DOLIR) has received $1.8 million in grants for the shared work program, which allows employers to bring laid-off employees back to the job by dividing available work among employees. DOLIR Director Anna Hui...
by Alisa Nelson | Jun 17, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
Beginning the week of July 5, Missourians who want to continue getting unemployment benefits will be required to do work searches. The condition had been lifted for those who had filed a coronavirus-related unemployment claim. During a press conference Tuesday,...
by Alisa Nelson | Mar 25, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
The number of Missourians filing for unemployment has escalated this month. During a Capitol press briefing, Gov. Mike Parson says COVID-19 is taking its toll on the state’s workforce. “In just the past week, the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations,...
