The Department of Labor has struggled to process new claims, but Secretary Delia Garcia promised back payments would go out Friday.Copyright 2020 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Monday, June 22nd 2020, 10:20 AM CDT.
Embattled Labor Secretary Garcia resigned Monday, June 21, 2020, amid escalating problems with the state's unemployment insurance caseload and a record number of jobless claims. Gov. Secretary of the Kansas Department of Labor resigns; Governor Kelly to make changes. The Kansas Department of Labor provides workers and employers with information and services that are accurate and timely, efficient and effective, fair and impartial.
TOPEKA—The Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) has been working with a team of specialists from Accenture for just over two weeks as they provide operational and technological assessments to improve the delivery of unemployment services. On Thursday, the Labor Department began reversing those duplicate payments, a process known as clawback, that caused some bank accounts to become overdrawn. KDOL.RepayAgree@ks.gov. The current secretary of labor is Delia Garcia. Kansas Unemployment Contact Center. The platform is designed to engage citizens and government leaders in a discussion about what needs improvement across the country. Laura Kelly. Those are expected to be done by this Friday.”The Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation is part of the CARES Act and adds $600 per week to unemployment checks, but Kansas was slow to roll out the program and get that money into people's hands.Sole proprietors and those who are self employed, two groups generally ineligible for unemployment benefits, haven’t received a check of any kind yet, but Garcia said that should change toward the end of the month. Governor Laura Kelly named Garcia acting secretary for the Kansas Department of Labor on January of 2019.She was sworn in as full secretary on June 5, 2019. FILE - In this March 20, 2020 file photo, Kansas Commerce Secretary David Toland speaks as Labor Secretary Delia Garcia, right, watches during a news conference, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. UI Asset Recovery (785) 296-3609 . On Thursday, the Labor Department began reversing those duplicate payments, a process known as clawback, that caused some bank accounts to become overdrawn.The state is investigating reports that the state also removed money from the accounts of people who had not received duplicate payments, the governor said.“The decision to clawback duplicate payments was done without consent from my office and after my staff had directed them not to move forward with clawbacks,” Kelly said.
Outside local Areas (800) 292-6333. Name Availability (check to see if a business name is available); Charitable Organizations (view information on registered charities in Kansas); Trademark/Service-Mark Search (view information for a Trademark/Service-Mark on file with the Secretary of State); Note: The state of Kansas does not register sole proprietorships, d/b/a, assumed name, trade name or fictitious name entities. TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Labor Secretary Delia Garcia, who was already under attack for the slow processing of unemployment claims during the pandemic, has resigned after her agency pushed the bank accounts of an unknown number of jobless residents into the red, the governor said Monday.Gov. Laura Kelly announced she had accepted Garcia's resignation and appointed the governor's Deputy Chief of Staff Ryan Wright to serve in an acting role until a permanent candidate is nominated. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Laura Kelly announced she had accepted Garcia's resignation and appointed the governor's Deputy Chief of Staff Ryan Wright to serve in an acting role until a permanent candidate is nominated.