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Oklahoma seeks to recoup unemployment overpayments but doesn’t know how much

News Staff

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Dee Ann Russell mopped sticky floors, stocked shelves and took customers’ money for soda, beer and cigarettes at 7-Eleven for nine years, eventually earning $16.05 an hour. In March 2020, she decided it was no longer worth the risk.

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Unemployment claims drop; trust fund dwindles

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, August 20, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – Unprecedented pressure on the fund from which unemployment benefits are paid to jobless Oklahomans has reduced the fund by more than $1 billion in less than three months.

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Unemployment claims drop but still high

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, August 13, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – First-time claims for jobless benefits declined significantly during the week ending Aug. 1, although more than 100,000 Oklahomans continue to receive unemployment compensation, state officials recently announced. The U.S.

Unemployment Claims Being Paid, But Many Still Getting No Relief

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Sunday, June 28, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – More than half a million claims submitted by jobless Oklahomans have been processed by the Oklahoma Employment Security, but approximately 5,000 claims require additional review, OESC Interim Executive Director Shelley Zumwalt said recently.

Unemployment claims fall, jobs increase

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, June 25, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) continues to process record numbers of claims to provide unemployment compensation to support unemployed workers.

Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC)

Volume of Unemployment Claims ‘Unprecedented,” OESC Reports

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Monday, May 4, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) is processing unemployment claims and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance at an “unprecedented volume,” an official said today.

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