Lawmakers Push to Fix Flaws in New Jersey Unemployment System COVID-19 Exposed

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New Jersey lawmakers are now advancing a series of bills that would beef up the state’s Department of Labor and mandate a more effective dispersal of unemployment benefits.

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed flaws in the state’s system. In just one week in April 2020, 200,000 people filed new unemployment claims. And the system was not able to keep up.