VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Gov. Youngkin's Executive Order Number Five requests the newly appointed Chief Transformation Officer conduct a review of the Department of Motor Vehicles and Virginia Employment ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The new head of the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) says the agency has cleared a backlog of nearly 250,000 jobless claims and cut the number of unpaid claims by 91% in the ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) has made strides to knock down some of the backlog that built up over the last two years. When the COVID-19 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin is announcing his pick for secretary of labor. That’s a Cabinet role that will involve overseeing a Youngkin campaign promise to overhaul the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – The Virginia Employment Commission will have to clear nearly all of its massive unemployment claim backlog by Labor Day as part of a settlement of a federal class-action lawsuit ...

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. - Tuesday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin ceremonially signed three bills reforming the Virginia Employment Commission and two bills providing a pathway for businesses to provide private family ...

(TNS) — 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 ...

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 (WRIC)-Upgrades to Virginia’s outdated unemployment system are being delayed until early November, about one month after the long-anticipated Oct. 1 launch date.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. -- Gov. Ralph Northam directed the Virginia Unemployment Commission to invest $20 million to expand the agency's ability to process unemployment insurance claims. The executive directive ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Photo courtesy Office of Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Gov. Glenn Youngkin ceremonially signed five bills on Tuesday, including three enacting meaningful reform of the Virginia Employment ...

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 ...