Massachusetts plans relief on $1.6 billion in unemployment insurance overpayments - The Boston Globe

The move is the latest by the Baker administration to clear up a bureaucratic mess involving overpaid jobless claims during the pandemic.

The announcement came nearly two weeks after the US Labor Department denied Governor Charlie Bakers request for permission to waive en masse all federal overpayments. Thosebenefits, including federal… [+4029 chars]

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