Topic - Michael Harrington

The Vermont Department of Labor stopped accepting new online applications for unemployment benefits last week after its system was receiving nearly 3,000 new claims a day, more than 90% of them fraudulent, Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington said Monday.

Vermont stopped online unemployment claims after fraud spike →

Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington says that when the department stopped accepting first-time claims online, the number of applications fell by 90% and so did the fraud.

Fraud prompts Vermont to disable online unemployment filing →