Associated Press
SEATTLE – About 55,000 Washingtonians may have to pay back thousands of dollars in jobless benefits.
The Seattle Times reported Cami Feek, the state Employment Security Department’s new acting commissioner, updated state lawmakers Thursday Washington’s response to pandemic-related job losses.
Feek told a Senate work session the department will be working with the 55,000 claimants who’ve received repayment notifications after failing to respond to agency requests for information and being ruled ineligible for benefits already received.
“We’re going to proactively reach out to them and help them have the right information on how to fix (their eligibility),” Feek told the Senate Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs Committee
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