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 ...

Enough is enough, says Gov. Ralph Northam. Last week, he ordered the Virginia Employment Commission to accelerate its efforts to resolve inquiries into unemployment applications. The VEC has one of ...

HARRISONBURG - Shenandoah Valley economic leaders pleaded Wednesday night for Fishersville's Virginia Employment Commission office to remain open, and not be included in the VEC's needed budget cuts. ...

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 ...

At first blush the unemployment figures in July look pretty good for the state and much of the Roanoke region. According to the Virginia Employment Commission, the number of jobless workers statewide ...

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 ...