WVEC

VEC no longer requiring PIN for weekly benefits claims

NORFOLK, Va. — The Virginia Employment Commission is no longer requiring unemployed workers to use PINs to file weekly or continued claims for benefits. A VEC spokeswoman said the policy change is ...
WRIC

VEC delays timeline for unemployment system upgrades: “No one should be surprised”

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC)-Upgrades to Virginia’s outdated unemployment system are being delayed until early November, about one month after the long-anticipated Oct. 1 launch date. That’s also pushing back ...
wtvr

Unemployed network technician says VEC has not improved since pandemic: 'Where's the accountability?'

RICHMOND, Va. -- With the U.S. economy humming along, and with unemployment near record lows, the pandemic may seem long ago. But it's not exactly in the rear-view mirror for the Virginia Employment ...
WVEC

VEC to resume trying to collect about $860M in overpayments

RICHMOND, Va. — Editor's note: The video above is about the impact of carbon emissions on the Chesapeake Bay. It aired on July 1. The Virginia Employment Commission is resuming efforts to collect what ...
WRIC

VEC announces pandemic unemployment backlogs cleared out for first time in years

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) has announced that its pandemic-related unemployment backlogs have been cleared. Governor Glenn Youngkin congratulated the commission in ...
wtvr

VEC makes some progress, but thousands are still waiting on benefits

RICHMOND, Va. -- New details regarding the class-action lawsuit filed in May 2021 against the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) showed that while the agency has made significant progress paying ...
WSET

VEC documents: hundreds of thousands report unemployment insurance fraud

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — As many waited for their unemployment benefits, the Virginia Employment commission received hundreds of thousands of reports of unemployment insurance fraud, according to ...