Oregon
Oregon Employment Department hold times soar, despite record low unemployment
When Sophia Wolff was laid off in June, she promptly filed for unemployment aid while starting her search for a new job. A few weeks later, she got word her application had been approved, so she watched her mail in anticipation of benefits checks.
What she got instead was a $2,700 bill from the Oregon Employment Department, which said it had overpaid the Lake Oswego woman for pandemic-era unemployment assistance and wanted that money back.