The number of initial unemployment claims filed during the week ending March 27 were 75% lower than they were this week a year ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact was fully reflected in ...

Virginia law now subjects employers to increased penalties if they fail to respond to Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) requests for unemployment benefits information within 10 days. Effective July ...

More than 100,000 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment last week, according to a news release Thursday afternoon from the Virginia Unemployment Commission. During the week that ended on ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — A Chesterfield County man got a tax bill earlier this year for money he never got from the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) and reached out to CBS 6 for help. Three ...

The Virginia Employment Commission has recently revealed its redesigned website, which is intended to make the user experience easier and more accessible. “The launch of our new website represents a ...

Lee registered for unemployment benefits with the Virginia Employment Commission soon after joining the ranks of the jobless. He reported his unemployed status to the agency weekly. It sent him two ...

Now that Virginia, and other parts of the country, are finally opening up and returning to business, employers are facing an unexpected concern: employees who are refusing to return to work. Employers ...

Explore an interactive timeline of unemployment rates in the Roanoke and New River valleys across the decades. When compared with February one year ago, jobless rates in February 2009 jumped ...