'My encouragement for folks is, keep attempting to get that application in,' Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said. 'But, know that we understand the incredible strain on the system, the incredible number of people that have been impacted ...'
last week, according to the U.S. Labor Department. It's yet another bleak sign of the severe economic ramifications of social distancing requirements that have shuttered businesses and forced people home.
The U.S. Department of Labor did not immediately respond to questions USA TODAY posed on the struggles to file unemployment. “We know that phones are backed up,” Josh Benton, the cabinet’s deputy secretary told attendees of a teleconference hosted by business group Greater Louisville Inc. last week. “We are adding capacity.”
"You are not in a fundamentally different position than thousands of other people in Connecticut," U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., told a single mother who said she’s been out of work for a week and has applied for unemployment insurance but has no savings and is getting worried. He told her his office would walk her through what assistance is available and give a “best guess” on when she would get help.
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