RICHMOND, Va. - Gov. Ralph Northam is directing the Virginia Employment Commission to invest $20 million to dramatically expand the agency’s ability to process ...

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 ...

(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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — On Monday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced a nearly 89% decrease in the Virginia Employment Commission backlog. "This is the first step in the governor’s day one game plan ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Gov. Ralph Northam directed the Virginia Unemployment Commission to invest $20 million to expand the agency's ability to process unemployment ...

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. (WRIC) — The Virginia Employment Commission will be getting a new top official after the Youngkin administration announced that commissioner Ellen Marie Hess “is no longer in the ...

Some still aren't getting unemployment benefits in Southwest Virginia RICHMOND, Va. – Virginians who filed for unemployment may not have to wait as long as anticipated to receive benefits. Gov. Ralph ...

(WRIC) — The Virginia Employment Commission is working overtime to try and keep up with the thousands of unemployment claims coming in during the coronavirus pandemic. “We are receiving, and this is a ...

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 ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. – In May, a judge ordered the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) to resolve a backlog of unemployment cases by Labor Day. Joyce Fogg, communications manager for the VEC, says of the ...