Author: Allana Akhtar

A state-by-state breakdown of failures in unemployment systems across the US during the pandemic

Business Insider rounded up 35 states that struggled with giving out unemployment benefits during the pandemic. Issues included backlogs, delayed payments, payments sent to fraudsters, and poor communication between the agency and laid-off workers. In alphabetical order by state, they provide a roundup of many states' struggles to give unemployment benefits to jobless Americans. 

• Business Insider
• 2020