Source Sector(s)
Private
Benefits Program
UI: Unemployment Insurance
COVID-19 Assistance
Level of Government
State/Provincial
Location
United States
Format
News
Business Insider rounded up 35 states that struggled with giving out unemployment benefits during the pandemic. Issues included backlogs, delayed payments, payments sent to fraudsters, and poor communication between the agency and laid-off workers. In alphabetical order by state, they provide a roundup of many states' struggles to give unemployment benefits to jobless Americans.