Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Lawsuit Alleges State of Oregon Underreporting its Backlog of Unemployment Claims

According to the Statesman Journal, a new filing in a class-action lawsuit against the Oregon employment department Oregon’s alleges the state is understating how many unemployment claims are stuck in adjudication.

The lawsuit in Multnomah County Court, which was filed by attorneys from non-profit law firm The Oregon Law Center, was certified as a class action last week and could include over 100,000 individuals in the state and force the state to speed up its adjudication process. 

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