June 22, 2020 7:47 AM
Morning Reads for Monday, June 22, 2020
Welcome to another Legislative Monday in June. Because it’s 2020 and why not?
- Army vet empties gun at woman’s SUV in Columbus
- Mail In Ballots contribute to higher Georgia Democratic Party voter turnout
- Because we need some super cute…
- Long odds as Georgia lawmakers try again on sports gambling
- Education not left behind in Georgia budget crunch (according to Kyle Wingfield)
- Georgia chamber, economic developers oppose elimination of tax incentives.
- Loudermilk: Statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. should represent Georgia in U.S. Capitol
- Meet the Georgia delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention
- New program at Georgia Southern has students checking on older adults
- The Latest Pandemic Shortage: Coins are the new toilet paper
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Theresa Garcia Robertson
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Here is the monday morning reader for today.
People still waiting over 3 months to get unemployment benefits:
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/gdol-responds-to-unemployment-delay-complaints/85-a3a6addd-65e5-454c-9fb7-eb98056e378a
Social media and other first-person accounts I’ve come across also indicate that in the first 2-3 weeks of June, there were large amounts of payment disruptions.
I know the folks at DoL are doing their best, but there is also numerous accounts of frustrated employees, and many many accounts of employees just not being able to say what’s going on, how long things will take, etc. In fact, that response seems standard.
I also know that some will defend the DoL’s approach, but wouldn’t it be nice if those worn-out employees had some fresh help?
Wouldn’t it be nice if people didn’t have to hang by a thread for weeks and months, wasting hours and hours and hours of their lives calling out desperately for help, and still not receiving an answer? All those calls for assistance also take up the time of employees who could otherwise process necessary paperwork.
Sorry, this could have been handled better. A small slice of employees could have been used to train up new employees on relatively easy admin work. In fact, that could have happened at any point since late Feb/early March. It’s now late June, and programs in eviction protection, etc. are expiring, and many people have still not seen a dime….
I truly hope they get the help they need and were promised before it’s too late.
Tennessee has similar problems. My fiancé was furloughed in March still nothing. https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2020/may/21/democrats-criticize-tennessee-lee-says-improving/523540/
I know the troubles are common among states. I wonder if any state has gotten it done most effectively. If I find out, I’ll share.