Claim: In our article "Virginia Myths and More," we wrote that some of the federal stimulus money available to Virginia came with a requirement to change the state's unemployment eligibility rules to give "benefits to part-time workers for the first time." However, an alert reader who works at the Virginia Employment Commission told us that the state has always extended unemployment benefits to part-time workers. We checked in with the VEC, and our article could use some clarification.
Fact-check: Virginia Unemployment Clarification - FactCheck.org
Verdict: in our article "virginia myths and more," we wrote that some of the federal stimulus money available to virginia came with a requirement to change the state's unemployment eligibility rules to give "benefits to part-time workers for the first time." however, an alert reader who works at the virginia employment commission told us that the state has always extended unemployment benefits to part-time workers. we checked in with the vec, and our article could use some clarification.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Jess Henig
Date published: 2009-07-15T16:23:40