Maryland unemployment office struggling with high demand, low staff levels

Name: Maryland unemployment office struggling with high demand, low staff levels
Uploaded: 2020-05-15T02:00:00+00:00
Duration: 2 min 46 s
Description: We’ve learned the backlog of people waiting for unemployment benefits in Maryland is over 135,000. Right now, there are just 200 phone lines and the state labor secretary is admitting she does not have enough staff. FOX 5’s Lindsay Watts has been following this major story as people struggle to get paid.

We’ve learned the backlog of people waiting for unemployment benefits in Maryland is over 135,000. Right now, there are just 200 phone lines and the state labor secretary is admitting she does not have enough staff. FOX 5’s Lindsay Watts has been following this major story as people struggle to get paid.

Posted May 14, 2020 10:41pm EDT