Federal Workers Start to Apply for Unemployment Benefits
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Some 5,000 federal employees who work in Georgia have already filed for unemployment benefits in the wake of the partial federal government shutdown. If the furloughs continue, that number could get a lot bigger quickly.
The Georgia Department of Labor says there are more than 97,000 non-military federal employees working in the state. And the vast majority of them are eligible for unemployment benefits.
Department spokesman Sam Hall says, of those who’ve already filed, about half of them did so at career centers near Georgia’s military bases. He says the department is already anticipating a heavier filing load.
“When it’s necessary to meet the demand, we’re switching schedules around so that staff will come in early or stay late,” says Hall. ”And also we can reassign some of the responsibility of processing those claims to other career centers.”
Hall recommends starting the unemployment filing process online at the Georgia Department of Labor’s website: www.dol.state.ga.us.
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