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Unemployment checks delayed by work on state computers

KNKX Public Radio | By The Associated Press
Published November 29, 2010 at 1:32 PM PST
Job seekers at a 2009 employment fair. Some people expecting to receive unemployment checks from the state's Employment Security office may find them delayed by a couple of days due to computer work that's taken longer than expected.
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Job seekers at a 2009 employment fair. Some people expecting to receive unemployment checks from the state's Employment Security office may find them delayed by a couple of days due to computer work that's taken longer than expected.

A massive computer programming project is putting a slight delay on some unemployment checks in Washington. The computer work is needed because federal emergency unemployment benefits are ending. State officials scheduled it over Thanksgiving weekend to get plenty of time, but the task was so big that it's expected to last through Tuesday.

The Employment Security Department expectsto resume processing weekly unemployment claims again on Wednesday.

Washington's latest unemployment report pegs the state jobless rate at 9.1 percent.

More than 300,000 people were unemployed and looking for work last month, and more than 223,000 people were getting unemployment benefits.
 
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