Connecticut Department of Labor

According to the Connecticut Department of Labor, 125,000 weekly filers will be affected in our state.

Connecticut Department of Labor Commissioner Kurt Westby plans to retire by the end of June, according to the governor’s office. Gov. Ned Lamont intends to nominate Danté Bartolomeo as his successor. Bartolomeo serves as the agency’s deputy commissioner, a position she has had since January 2019. Previously, she was elected to serve two terms as state senator for the...

Though coronavirus case counts have gone up in states that have reopened, the uptick is slight thanks to the vaccines, says Dr. John Torres. More people with antibodies against COVID-19 means fewer cases and chances to spread to others.

People applying for unemployment benefits in Connecticut will again have to show they are actively searching for work beginning May 30. The mandatory work search requirement was waived in March 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of people in Connecticut lost their jobs as the state shut down due to the virus outbreak last year….

Thousands in Connecticut who receive unemployment benefits will be eligible for an additional seven weeks of benefits under the federal High Extended Benefits program, according to the state Department of Labor. Connecticut Department of Labor Commissioner Kurt Westby said Thursday that the three-month average unemployment rate in Connecticut is 8.3%, which, under the federal High Extended Benefits program, triggers an…

People who filed for unemployment benefits at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic must reapply for a new unemployment benefit year because the prior benefit year is coming to an end, according to Connecticut Department of Labor officials. The pandemic started a year ago and each unemployment claim is valid for 52 weeks. In the past year, the department has…

There are only weeks to go before the 2021 tax filing deadline. And while income taxes are always confusing, you may have even more questions than usual this year — especially if you filed for unemployment during the pandemic. Patrick Hedger of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance joined LX News to explain what you need to know.

Some unemployment recipients say their deposits disappeared and their routing information was somehow changed on their accounts.

Connecticut has been approved for an additional week of federal lost wages assistance, which provides an additional $300 per week for people who are unemployed, and the state Department of Labor said certification is now open and payments will begin going out this week. Connecticut Department of Labor Commissioner Kurt Westby said in a statement that certification for the federal…

The grant funding will allow Connecticut to provide an additional $300 per week to those who became unemployed due to COVID-19, on top of their regular unemployment benefit.

Hot weather has made it more than just tough to go outside. It apparently caused an intermittent outage the past few days with the Connecticut Department of Labor computers that handle unemployment benefits. The outage impacting computers that process Connecticut unemployment benefits was serious enough that it led to the abrupt postponement of a legislative hearing where up to 14…

Officials from the state Department of Labor held a news conference this afternoon to provide an update on the unemployment situation in the state. Connecticut Department of Labor Commissioner Kurt Westby and Deputy Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo held a telephone news conference to give updates on state and federal unemployment insurance programs, the labor situation report, and the progress of the state’s consumer contact center. When...

The Commissioner of the Department of Labor is speaking exclusively with NBC Connecticut Investigates about the continued questions we are receiving from viewers about unemployment claims.

The Connecticut Department of Labor said they are urging workers that are about to exhaust their Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits to file for extended state benefits. “It’s important for claimants to file for extended benefits as soon as they receive the filing instructions – and not before – in order to transition from PEUC to the state extended benefits…

The unemployment rate in Connecticut hit 19-percent at its worst in mid-May. We take a closer look at where things are headed next

Thursday, Commissioner Kurt Westby said the Connecticut Department of Labor has paid out $751 million in benefits since March 13 and processed nearly three-quarters of the more than half-million applications it’s received since the pandemic started. “We are very quickly dispersing a lot of money into the economy and into the pockets of the well-deserved recipients,” Westby said. There are…

The state Department of Labor said its hiring dozens of people for a state-of-the-art contact center to help with unemployment claims

Officials from the Connecticut Department of Labor will hold a briefing this afternoon to provide an update on unemployment claims in the state. The latest report from the U. S. Department of Labor lists Connecticut among the states with the highest unemployment rates, at 18 percent. Department of Labor Commissioner Kurt Westby and Deputy Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo will hold a…

The pandemic has left thousands out of work but now we’re learning some groups have been affected more than others

The state Department of Labor estimates that the state’s unemployment rate is at 17 percent