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Judge merges six school sub cases wanting to stop state from taking back unemployment overpayment
CHARLESTON – The cases of six Northern Panhandle substitute school employees who sued WorkForce West Virginia to stop the agency from recouping any allegedly owed overpayment of unemployment compensation related to the COVID-19 pandemic have been consolidated. -
Former employee says Thomas Health System wrongfully terminated her employment
CHARLESTON — A Dunbar woman is suing Thomas Health System arguing she was wrongfully terminated from her employment. -
Morrisey praises state Supreme Court ruling in pandemic unemployment benefits case
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is praising a state Supreme Court decision upholding a lower court’s ruling that the state was legally entitled to opt out of additional federal unemployment benefit programs related to the coronavirus pandemic. -
Federal pandemic unemployment benefit case moves to state Supreme Court
CHARLESTON — The plaintiffs in a lawsuit attempting to reinstate federal COVID-19 unemployment relief benefits will now go to the state Supreme Court. -
Judge denies requests in unemployment benefits suit
CHARLESTON — A Kanawha Circuit Court judge denied a request for a temporary restraining order and a writ of mandamus in a lawsuit against Workforce West Virginia for unemployment benefits related to the pandemic. -
It’s time to let it go, WorkForce West Virginia
These are strange times, and lots of people – in both the public and the private sector – are making things up as they go along. They’re improvising because they have to. -
Six substitute school workers want to stop state from trying to take back unemployment overpayment
CHARLESTON – Six Northern Panhandle substitute school employees have sued WorkForce West Virginia to stop the agency from recouping any allegedly owed overpayment of unemployment compensation related to the COVID-19 pandemic.