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Business Report: Some NJ unemployment repayments forgiven
Clip: 2/8/2022 | 3m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
Thousands in NJ might not have to return pandemic-related unemployment overpayments
Thousands of New Jersey residents received pandemic-related unemployment benefits that they shouldn’t have and have since received letters asking them to return the overpayments. But, under new guidance from the U.S. Labor Department, they might not have to pay that money back. States are now allowed to waive overpayments in certain situations.
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Business Report: Some NJ unemployment repayments forgiven
Clip: 2/8/2022 | 3m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
Thousands of New Jersey residents received pandemic-related unemployment benefits that they shouldn’t have and have since received letters asking them to return the overpayments. But, under new guidance from the U.S. Labor Department, they might not have to pay that money back. States are now allowed to waive overpayments in certain situations.
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