Comment on Pandemic Unemployment Assistance requests represent large part of pending claims

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance requests represent large part of pending claims

By Jack MoneyStaff writer jmoney@oklahoman.comTempers among people seeking pandemic unemployment assistance at times have been running as hot as Oklahoma’s summer sun. Earlier this year, for example, a couple of inflammatory posts on Twitter by one Oklahoma City man frustrated with his ability to obtain assistance were interpreted as threatening and prompted a visit from two Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers. The troopers inquired what the man had meant by those posts. The applicant, Oklahoma City resident Aron Seymour, explained to troopers he was personally close to a breaking point, plus worried that frustrated applicants might choose to commit suicide to escape their difficulties. In a direct message Seymour transmitted to The Oklahoman, he wrote, “I know three people including myself who are really struggling right now.” Troopers left without arresting Seymour, who did not respond to a request made through his attorney to interview for this story. But the frustrations of Seymour and many other Oklahomans remain. Shelley Zumwalt, interim director of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, acknowledged Tuesday the agency is well aware of those ongoing frustrations. Self-employed and gig economy Oklahomans idled because of COVID-19 can receive assistance through the CARES Act created Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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