Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that he wants to spend $935.6 million of $4.3 billion in federal aid on the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund and upgrading the Virginia ...

(WSET) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is taking steps to speed up the processing of unemployment claims. Tuesday, Northam directed the Virginia Employment Commission to invest $20 million to expand its ...

Gov. Ralph Northam on Tuesday ordered the Virginia Employment Commission to invest $20 million in upgrading its claims system and hire 300 more staffers to process complicated unemployment insurance ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Virginia Employment Commission has again disabled online unemployment claims, this time to "limit fraud," according to a VEC spokesperson. Unemployed Virginians who need to file a ...

The Virginia Employment Commission tells us today that it is working to implement system changes to increase benefits for eligible claimants under the CARES Act. Increased benefits for eligible ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia lawmakers are now trying to fix what they call communication and transparency issues at the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) as officials with the agency said thousands ...

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 (WRIC)-Upgrades to Virginia’s outdated unemployment system are being delayed until early November, about one month after the long-anticipated Oct. 1 launch date.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. – The Virginia Employment Commission recently notified almost 17,000 individuals that their unemployment benefit appeals will not be heard unless they can prove by Thursday that they did ...

VIRGINIA, USA — Help is on the way for those unemployed who are seeking benefits. It comes after a judge settled a class-action lawsuit against the Virginia Employment Commission Tuesday. The ...

When she was undergoing radiation treatment for cancer, Virginia Beach resident Leah Marshall was calling the Virginia Employment Commission. She filed for unemployment benefits two days after ...

HENRICO, Va (WRIC) — Weeks after a local woman discovered she inadvertently had access to the social security numbers for people across the country–visible via her online profile with the Virginia ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) incorrectly sent a Fluvanna County woman sensitive information about a person unknown to her who lives in Fredericksburg; the second ...